There are many museums in the world: some preserve the secrets of bygone times, others talk about the plant or animal world, and others showcase the masterpieces made by man. As a rule, museum exhibits should not be touched. But there is an exception to the rule. For example, a museum was opened in Moscow, in which not only it is possible, but also you need to touch everything, try it, or you can play with the exhibits.
Museum "Living Systems"
This is an exposition about a person, his body, his abilities or, in another way, an educational and entertainment project for a family with children.
But to a greater extent, of course, it is designed for children. In the game form, here you can find out how the human body is arranged and functions. You can study the physiology of fantastic creatures. And the most interesting thing is that the visitor himself becomes the object of experimentation and research. He "communicates with the exhibits": jumping, walking on a tightrope, screaming, trying, sniffing and even lying on nails. There are several thematic rooms where you can learn everything about your body, spending more than one hour on this. You are waiting for more than 100 exhibits that are dedicated to human and animal living systems. Museum "Living Systems" on Butyrskaya is unique and unique, in our country there are no more such museums. If you want to book an excursion, please. If you want to experience everything yourself - you can too.
An interactive museum that tells about human anatomy
Two floors of the museum reveal to us the secrets of the work of the human body. There are sections that relate to the physiology and structure of the human body.
Museum "Living Systems" teaches and gives the opportunity:
- observe how the circulatory system works by pumping;
- try to catch microbes with phagocytes;
- clarify their parameters: growth, expiratory force, volume of fluid in the body;
- compare the weight and length of the jump with the animal;
- find out how the horse, shark or fly sees the world;
- see what signals your vision transmits to the brain;
- understand how you feel at the height of skyscrapers;
- run through the tunnel with bats;
- lie on the nails like a real yogi.
And this is far from all the trials and adventures that await you in the Experimentarium. You can study everything superficially, quickly scrolling through the floors, or better thoughtfully, devoting a couple of hours to this. Such an opportunity is provided by the Living Systems Museum, whose address is 46 Butyrskaya Street.
Five reasons to visit the museum
Natalia Potapova, one of its founders, says that the activities of the educational museum are based on the idea of learning through the game, as well as combining the visual and auditory perception of the world with tactile sensations. The subject of the experiment can be any visitor. After all, each of the people is a complex and thoughtful living organism.
And therefore, every child, and even an adult, has reasons to visit the Living Systems museum:
- To disassemble a person in organs, and then reassemble. Not everything is so simple in our bodies, and children spend a lot of time here, carefully disassembling and collecting their own kind in details.
- Find out how difficult it is for people with disabilities. Experience the difficulties these people face every day. You can try to move in a wheelchair, or you can listen to the radio "through a straw." The museum is conveniently equipped and access for people with disabilities is open.
- Lie on the nails. And you can try on the balls, and find out what is more convenient … Feel like a real yogi. To experience such extreme sports not only children, but also adults. Nearby there is always a representative of the museum, because the experiment is not the easiest.
- Dig up the skeleton of a primitive man who is buried in the sand. This is so fascinating, especially when it turns out that this is the skeleton of a mermaid, which has been lying on the seabed for hundreds of years. Children are amazed to see a mermaid tail instead of legs.
- Ride a bike, and then turn around and look at yourself in the mirror. It was not you who rode the bike, but … your skeleton. This is how our musculoskeletal system works! Kids can be scared, but school-age children are interested in watching their movements.
"Living Systems" (Museum of Man in Moscow) is actually amazing with an abundance of exhibits. And the reasons to visit it, of course, are not five, but much more. Each family will find for itself the most cognitive department, where it will linger for a long time and will watch, study parts of the body or the structure of the whole organism.
The most interesting exhibits
Everyone likes something of their own, but from the most memorable:
- Glass cube meter per meter. How many children will fit there? When you climb, then decide. It turns out that a lot can fit …
- A huge block of ice, created artificially, on which you can leave your handprint.
- A color corridor that changes color shades depending on the lighting. Nearby there is a room without light, where you need to go in the dark. And the walls are different to the touch: the sensations are also different.
- A cylinder room with bats on the walls and a swinging bridge underfoot. This is a test of the vestibular apparatus.
What next? Need to see for yourself. The Living Systems Museum continues to amaze again and again …
Mystical creatures, how do you live?
The museum has zombies, mermaids, vampires, dragons, gargoyles. All of them can be seen at the stands.
With their help it is as if you get into a fairy tale and find out how this or that creature will behave under unusual conditions. To do this, just press the buttons on the stand. Plus, more information about weird creatures. Or maybe they still exist? Some of the children are scared, but someone believes that they are real.
And here is another strange creature - the motor homunculus, which meets everyone at the entrance. And do not be afraid of its disproportionate size. It shows which parts of the body are given "more space" in the cerebral cortex.
Cognitive programs
In addition, there are scientific and entertainment shows, master classes and training programs, which makes it possible for the children who participate in them to develop.
You can watch one of the four shows that are held here. How do real tricks look not from the stage, but when you are near? The magician guesses the card, pulls a coin out of the child’s pocket and does other, at first glance, simple, but such interesting tricks for children. Would you like to attend master classes? They are diverse here, for example, “Get your DNA, ” “Digest it.”
You can get into a lesson in biology, zoology, ecology. As one of the options - “I want to become a doctor”, where they are taught to provide medical care. Are you tired? Then go ahead to the Pro-Food show, which is also very informative. So the choice is yours. Themes are changing, they can be viewed on the museum website.
What do museum guests say?
Every day, the Living Systems Museum waits and meets guests, the reviews about which are the most positive. Museum guests, especially small ones, are delighted with the exposition. They listen, watch, touch and try. In a playful way, gently and cheerfully study the structure of their own body. Find out how a person is different from animals. Learn fabulous creatures.
Noise, clatter, surprised exclamations and laughter reign in the halls. And if the child is tired, then you can relax and have a bite to eat in the cafe, which is located on the ground floor. Share impressions, and run - to the most interesting or still unknown places.
Adults, however, believe that before visiting a museum, a child should be prepared in advance. Tell how the human body works. This will make him think, and the exhibits will help to comprehend the story. A trip to the museum gives "food" for thought to adults. They are surprised that the structure of the human body can be shown so correctly, expertly and in places fun.
