Before stepping into a cultural establishment, most visitors have already decided what they should find there and what kind of experience they will have.
In museums with protected collections, visitors expect authentic “real” objects and...
Your opportunity to discuss slime moulds, animal cognition and more with keynote speaker Audrey Dussutour after hearing her speech in the previous time slot.
One of the shared aims of Tinkering is to help immerse people in a learning experience that can be highly inclusive. This session “theorises” Tinkering and MakerSpaces, demonstrating how different theoretical lenses reveal different aspects of...
As parents and educators, there are topics we are not really comfortable talking about or we don’t have the emotional resources to deal with when children bring them into the discussion: disability, illness, death, racism, sexuality… and many...
Experience the atmospheric Zoological Museum on a guided tour. The tour will take you to a range of the Museum’s highlights, including Denmark's only real giant dinosaur, “Misty”, and the famous Whale Cellar, which is usually closed to the public...
Smartphones have become ubiquitous in our lives and their versatility offers great potential for visitors and museums. They can be used to deepen visitor engagement, personalise a visit, record visitors’ unique paths and where they spend time,...
Meet at Experimentarium’s iconic helix staircase for an unusual best practice sharing session on the topic of student internships. Moving up and down the stairs, participants from the museum, science centre and academic world will engage in brief...
In this conversation corner session, we’ll focus on the grand challenge facing us in making our way of life compliant with the limitations of our planet. In this crucial and exciting endeavour, how can we as educators, tinkerers and makers make a...
When it comes to busting myths and tackling tricky issues, science communicators are armed to the teeth with the necessary tools to inform and educate. Or are they? If science is so great, why do so many pseudoscientists succeed in selling their...
Personalisation is a strong mechanism to increase the impact of visitor experiences. Not every visitor is the same: think of languages, interests, expectations, knowledge, behaviours or (special) needs. We want to ‘touch’ visitors by creating...
Thinking about the future is fundamentally important for people of all ages. How can we as science engagement organisations provide a platform for this thinking? Three museum practitioners and a professional Futurist share their future thinking...
We live longer and are healthier than ever, enjoying the 21st century’s many conveniences. Chemistry and the use of different chemicals have played an important role in shaping society and improving our standard of living. But do we understand...