The Museum of Science and Innovation has been opened in Lviv due to the consolidated efforts and common goals of Tech Startup School, Lviv Polytechnic, the Museum of the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv and the Museum of Interesting Science in Odessa. There is presented almost a hundred interactive exhibits.
― We hesitated how appropriate it is to open this museum at such a difficult time for Ukraine. But in the end we realized that science and education are always relevant, because it is the force that helps us win in everything, especially in the situation we are in now, – said in his speech Nazar Podolchak, director of Tech Startup School, at the presentation of the Museum of Science and Innovation.
Welcoming those present at the opening of this Museum, the rector of Lviv Polytechnic Yurii Bobalo stressed that the launch of such a project shows that life goes on:
― It is important that this initiative was supported by the entire staff of Lviv Polytechnic, and the Museum of Science and Innovation will work in these premises. I am convinced that this will not just be a museum with exhibits, but children will conduct scientific research here. The main audience is schoolchildren with whom the best innovators of Tech Startup School will cooperate. It will give a great result. There should be a place of interesting science for our children.
Ivan Sobko, Deputy Head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration, is convinced that the opening of such centers right now shows that we are strong, united by common ideas and resilient even to the greatest challenges. He stressed that today children and young people are very knowledgeable and it is difficult to surprise them. Therefore, it is necessary to direct their potential in innovation and science, that is, something that will allow us to see the future.
Every day, the Museum of Science and Innovation will host six scientific shows conducted by interpreters from Odesa and Kyiv.
Among the exhibits there are many that the Small Academy of Sciences in Kyiv moved to Lviv because of hostilities – a magnetic bridge, a table with puzzles, mirror writing, 3D noughts and crosses, the game «Tie a string», «One face for two», «Transparent computer», «Chair with nails», square wheels, magnetic liquid and wall optical illusions.
Part of the exhibition was also formed by Lviv Polytechnic and its division Tech Startup School. These include Newton’s cradle, the Leonardo da Vinci bridge, an interactive sandbox, an interactive floor with 100 games, a human torso, and an exposition of architectural objects of Lviv’s cultural heritage.
The museum is located on Sichovykh Striltsiv Street. Until the end of the war, the entrance to the museum is free, subject to prior registration.
