Blast from the past...

Almost 4 years after we closed the museum, put together an album to share pictures of the museum.....here's a link if you want to see them... Museum is closed but I am still working on getting kids interested in Science except now I am doing it from California.  Still have ties in Finland and do projects with the IB high school in Tampere and still act as a science advisor for English play school there but most of my work is based out of my home in San Jose, CA.

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Last chance to see........ Mega Science Show

This weekend marks our final science show at the Discovery Museum of Tampere - No glum faces - not us!!! - instead we've decided to go out in fine style with a Mega science show, with all of our favourite experiments from previous shows, and a few more besides, everything from Balloon Fun, High Flying Rockets, Cool fun with Dry-Ice, Hair-raising Static Electricity - Oh and watch out for the Giant fizzy drink Geyser fountains - you have been warned!!

Keittiötiedettä!

Tänä viikonloppuna Tiedemuseossa tehdään tieteellisiä kokeita ruoka-aineilla jotka löytyvät jokaisen keittiöstä. Paistamme väriään muuttavia kananmunia, paikallaan leijuvia kuplia, kirjoitamme näkymättömällä musteella, teemme juustoa ja muuta hubaa.Tämä on viimeisiä tiede-esityksiä joten älä missaa vaan... tuu messiin!

Don't play with your food.....experiment!!! - Kitchen science this weekend at the Discovery Museum of Tampere

This weekend we'll be doing all kinds of fun experiments with food and cooking ingredients that you can find in your own kitchen at home -

We'll be showing amazing colour changing eggs, floating bubbles, secret invisible spy ink, how to make your own cheese, and much more!

This is one you really won't want to miss, so come on down and join the fun!!!!

hold on to your hats - prepare for take off

This weekend we will have our aerodynamics science show here at the Discovery Museum of Tampere. We will be exploring the four main forces in aerodynamics with experiments and demonstrations for each. We're going to have a lot of fun, so get your helmet and goggles on and fly on down for the show!!!!

After the main show, everyone will get a chance to make different kinds of paper aeroplanes, and fly them in our great aeroplane competition. Thanks to Alex at paperairplanes.co.uk we have lots of designs for you to try from easy to challenging! - check his website there are many more!

Paperairplanes.co.uk - Helpoja, hauskoja lennokkeja.

Lennokkitempaus Pyynikin näköalatornilla!

Pyynikin näköalatornista lentää Tiedemuseon pääsylippuja!

Järjestämme perjantaina 23.7. klo 14.00 tempauksen, jossa heitämme Pyynikin näköalatornista paperiliidokkeja ja helikoptereita. Lennokit sisältää rahanarvoisen yllätyksen; joko alennetun tai ilmaisen pääsylipun Leilahdessa sijaitsevaan Tiedemuseoon.

Tule Pyynikin näköalatornille ajoissa ja nappaa ilmasta omasi!

Blast Off... Again!!!

Hi, hopefully everyone had a great midsummer - Two weeks ago we had so much fun with rocket science, that we've decided to run the same show again this week - so if you missed it then, because of midsummer preparations - don't miss out a second time - Countdown 10...9...8...7........

HAUSKA DINOSAURUS TYÖPAJA

3-7-vuotiaille pikkupaleontologeille. Teemme kipsistä dinosauksen jalanjäljen jonka voi viedä kotiin, dinosaurus-käsitöitä, leikimme dinoleikkejä ja kerromme tarinoita. Dinosauruksen esiinkaivaminen, jossa jokainen lapsi pääsee kaivamaan esiin pienoismallidinon luita ja liimaamaan niitä yhteen kotiinvietäväksi. Sekä aidon 500 miljoonaa vuotta vanhan fossiilin!
Dinoaiheinen lounas.

Keskiviikkona 14.7. klo 10-15. Hinta: 60€


DINOSAURUS KESÄLEIRI

Kaksipäiväinen leiri vanhemmille dinofaneille (7-12). Opimme fossiilien esiinkaivamisen tekniikoita ja paneudumme syvemmälle hauskoihin dinofaktoihin ja paleontologiaan. Miten fossiilit muodostuvat ja miten voimme määrittää niiden iän? Mitä dinojen nimet tarkoittavat? Jokainen lapsi pääsee kaivamaan esiin pienoismallidinon luita ja liimaamaan niitä yhteen kotiinvietäväksi.
Kaivauksessa lapsi löytää myös oikean, jopa 500 miljoonaa vuotta vanhan fossiilin, jonka saa kotiin.

Yllämainitun lisäksi syömme dino-aiheisen lounaan ja jokainen saa yllätyspussin
Jossa on dino-tarroja, tatuointeja, rintamerkki ja ilmainen sisäänpääsylippu tulevaa
museokäyntiä varten (arvoltaan 12e).

Torstai ja perjantai 15.-16.7. klo 10-15. Hinta: 100€

Paikkoja on rajoitetusti joten ilmoittaudu etukäteen joko sähkopostilla info@tiedemuseo.com tai soita numeroon 044-255 5495 (Richard Raja-aho)
Ilmoitathan mahdollista lapsesi ruoka-allergioista.

Attention Dino Fans

We Proudly announce the arrival of our Dinosaur Workshop and Summer camp

In the Dinosaur workshop younger palaeontologists (3-7 years) will get the chance to learn all about dinosaurs, having lots of fun on the way. The workshop includes stories, fun and facts, games, craft activities, and will end up with a dinosaur excavation, wherin everyone will get the chance to dig up the bones of a model dinosaur to assemble and take home as well as a real fossil around 500 million years old!!!

the workshop will take place on

Wednesday the 14th july from 10am-3pm -

Price 60€

The dinosaur summer camp is a longer (2 day) event, designed for older Dinosaur enthusiasts (7-10 years). As well as lots of fun, facts, games, crafts etc. we will look at palaeontology in more depth, including how fossils form and how we can date them, different excavation techniques, what the dinosaurs' names mean and much more. The children will also get the opportunity to dig up the bones of a model dinosaur to assemble and take home as well as a real fossil around 500 million years old!!!

The price also includes a dino themed lunch, a goody bag and a free child ticket, so your child can visit the museum again (worth 12€)

The summer camp takes place over two days,

Thursday the 15th and Friday the 16th of July, from 10am-3pm

Price 100€

places are limited, so please book in advance either by email info@tiedemuseo.com or call Richard on 044 2555495 (Tues-Sat 8am-4pm)

Please also let us know in advance of any allergies your child has

Calling young rocket scientists - lets get moving!!!

This weekend we'll be taking an interesting look at the principles of propulsion - how to get things moving - starting with simple rubber band power, and moving on up to rocket science. we'll be launching a few rockets using different methods - we'll even show you how to make a working origami jet engine! It promises to be a really fun show, so jump on board and we'll reach for the stars - To Boldly Go........

Radio tulee museoon!

Viikonloppuna (12.-13.6.) Tiedemuseossa tutustutaan radiolähetyksen saloihin. Miten radio toimii ja miten se keksittiin. Miten voit rakentaa itse radion helpoista materiaaleista? Saammeko yhteyden muihin radioamatööreihin? Tule mukaan! Esitys klo 14.00.

Shokkihoitoa!

Tulevana viikonloppuna temme Tiedemuseossa hiuksia nostattavia kokeiluja sähkollä. Kokeilemme minkälaisen tärskyn saa 50 000 voltilla, opit tekemään elektromagneetin kotoa loytyvistä tarvikkeista, teemme kondensaattorin muovimukista ja foliosta jne. Tule pitämään hauskaa kanssamme!

electricity science show this weekend

This weekend we'll be zapping into the exciting world of electricity!
Amongst lots of other hair raising fun and facts, we'll learn how to store electricity in a plastic cup, how to turn vegetables into batteries and how to make an electromagnet from household items we just had lying around!

Pintajännitystä!

Tänä viikonloppuna Tiedemuseossa leikimme pintajännitteen kanssa, ilmiön jota esiintyy mm. saippuakuplissa muodostumisessa. Otamme selvää miten vesiastian voi kääntää ylösalaisin pään päällä ilman että kastuu (toivottavasti!). Pidämme myös uimakilpailun saippuan voimalla uivilla kaloilla ja muita kokeita!

Mahtava Magneetti Viikonloppu!

Tulevana viikonloppuna (22.5.-23.5.) kaikkea siistiä magnetismista! Tiedämme että aamiaismurotkin sisältää rautaa mutta kuinka paljon sitä oikein popsimmekaan? Se ja monta muuta asiaa selviää magneettiviikonloppuna Tiedemuseossa - teemme sähkomoottorin, kompassin ja muuta hauskaa!

Surprise a loved one - Gift vouchers now available

In response to a request from one of our customers, we now have gift vouchers available. They are available for any amount and can be redeemed against entry prices and gift shop purchases!

The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel.
Claude Bernard (1813-78)

Next weeks science show - Marvellous magnetism

This coming weekend (22.5-23.5) is all about magnetism -

We all know that our breakfast cereal contains iron - but have you ever wondered just how much iron is really in there? this weekend we're going to use magnets to find out - as well as making a simple electric motor, finding how a compass works, and doing lots of other really cool stuff!

hope to see you there.....

One month old museum and people behind it

I can't believe its been already more than a month since we opened!!.  People who see the museum and ask me how this all started atleast get my side of the story... But all that vision and dreams wouldn't have become real if not for a few people.  Marko who is basically the other side of me, Luova Tampere folks - especially Liina, people from Ensimetri, Nordea, designers and vendors from across the world to name a few helped make this dream real.

Apart from the ones mentioned above, there are two other people who not only played a key role in getting this place open, they also are the reason we can run the museum smoothly inspite of new things get thrown at us from time to time...These two are my team members Richard and Junnu.  They are allrounders - they give awesome new science shows that even little children can relate to every weekend, give extra special attention and science demonstrations for field trips, maintain our exhibits to make sure they are all safe and fun, take care of customers as they come in, keep the museum well maintained (in other words clean as well), make birthday parties fun and special and still manage to bring out 1-2 new exhibits in a week or two!!!  I would like to acknowledge their effort and thank them for deciding to come work with me at the museum..Richard with his "we have to make sure every exhibit is safe enough for even a 3 yr old no matter what the target audience actually is" and Junnu  with his "if it helps the museum, lets do it no matter what the effort is", are the best team I can hope for.  If only I could do a better job at marketing we will be on a roll haha:)

Tee tänä viikonloppuna matka pään sisään!

Tervetuloa viikonloppuna tutustumaan neurotieteeseen - monenlaista jännää ja hauskaa aivoista. Tohtori Olga Kara PhD. Brain Fitness Centeristä auttaa meitä ymmärtämään mitä päämme sisällä oikein tapahtuu. Videoita, pelejä ja erilaisia aktiviteetteja tästä aiheesta koko viikonlopun! Olemme avoinna klo 10-17.

Get inside your head this weekend at the Discovery Museum

May is "mental health month", so to mark this, our weekend theme is neuroscience - everything to do with the brain and the nervous system.

Dr. Olga Kara PhD. from the Brain Fitness Center will be coming to help us all understand something about what goes on up there inside all our heads.


We'll have videos, games, and all kinds of brain related activities, so bring your brain along to join us in the fun this coming weekend!