A special weekend for kids at the Science Museum in Milan

Several activities and guided tours for the weekend arrive at the Science Museum, all of which are for children.

On Saturdays and Sundays, it will actually be possible to visit the Museum and Book to experience Future Inventors, the recently opened interactive lab dedicated to STEM learning through the experience of sounds and images, YOU & AI digital zone, a digital environment Improving dialogue and audience engagement on the topic of intelligence artificial.

There are also free guided tours of the Transportation Department and paid tours of the Leonardo Galleries, the world’s largest exhibition dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci and the interior of the Enrico Toti submarine. There are also activities for the little ones at i.lab Leonardo with the mural track on the wall and with those for machines.

permanent exhibitions

Permanent exhibitions are always accessible, from the space area with the moon part to the railway pavilion with old locomotives, from large sailing ships to the pioneer aircraft of the Aeronavale pavilion, to the new technological mosaic exhibition area that tells the story of modernization from the country in the second half of the twentieth century Through the development of network infrastructure, the development of the industrial system and the emergence of the consumer society.

Included in a museum ticket, you can also admire The Seven Wise Men, a sculptural group of seven sculptures created by Fausto Melotti, which was recently displayed in the Museum’s First Abbey Garden, and visit the permanent exhibition – Fragility and Beauty – recently renovated – to see our planet through Satellite eyes and understanding how these tools can help monitor changes and protect the environment and the temporary exhibition Sociocromie, curated by architect and designer Giulio Seppi and dedicated to the historical and social value of colour.

All laboratory activities and temporary and permanent exhibitions are included in the museum admission ticket.

the program

All activities in the workshops have a mandatory reservation at the time of purchasing the entrance ticket

ilab future inventors
The art of sound – from 9 years
Between sensors and electronics, let’s test ourselves with new musical instruments. Let’s try to interact with the installation of “Lines” as expert composers and let’s move in space to create our own melody. With the help of a spectrograph and a microphone, we notice the sounds and try to produce new ones.
Sunday 16 | 11.30 am, duration 45 minutes

“Interactive projections” – from 9 years
Let’s learn how to interact with images using our body movements. Through the artistic installation Aesthetics of Collaboration, we experience the digital world in an aesthetic dimension shared by the participants.
Sunday 16 | 10 AM Duration 45 minutes

I Lab Leonardo
Leonardo Machines – from 9 years old
We use large models of aviation and construction machinery. Let’s try to understand how it works, we disassemble the gears and combine them to create new mechanisms. Saturday 15 | 10 am, 2 pm, 5 pm
Sunday 16 | 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., duration 45 minutes

“Let’s make murals” – from 8 years old
How was the work of an artist organized in the time of Leonardo? Using mortar, trowel, colors and brushes, we create a fresco that follows all the stages developed by Renaissance artists.
Saturday 15 | 11.30, 15.30 and Sunday 16 | 3.30 pm, duration 45 minutes