Science Becomes a Playground… National Science Museum’s ‘Science Day’ Opens on the 17th

54 Hands-On Booths on AI and the Climate Crisis
A Three-Day Science Festival for the Whole Family

In April, the Month of Science, the National Science Museum is opening a large-scale, hands-on science playground pageant for the complete household to take pleasure in collectively. ‘Science Day,’ which presents the considerably difficult themes of synthetic intelligence (AI) and the local weather disaster by way of robots, video games, and mission-based actions, can be held throughout the National Science Museum in Daejeon for 3 days from April 17 to April 19, 2026.

The National Science Museum introduced that the fifty fifth Science Day can be held below the subtitle “Eco Hero Project: Save the Earth!” This 12 months’s occasion is characterised as an experiential pageant with storytelling parts, the place members turn out to be ‘Eco Heroes’ who remedy social points by way of science and know-how.

2026 fifty fifth Science Day Poster. Provided by the National Science Museum

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The core of the pageant is the 54 hands-on cubicles, the place guests can study by making and working issues themselves. In the Special Exhibition Hall of the Future Technology Pavilion and the outside areas, a number of packages can be supplied—together with constructing a sensible farm with an automated watering system, experiencing sensible metropolis robots, and exploring coding robots with LEGO—organized by college students, public establishments, and firms from throughout the nation. Visitors will be capable to expertise AI know-how and carbon discount concepts by way of play and naturally study scientific ideas.

Exhibition Hall Missions, Quiz Shows, Bubble Shows… An Immersive Science Festival

During the pageant interval, main exhibition halls akin to the Natural History Hall, the Hall of Humanity, the Hall of the History of Science and Technology in Korea, and the Physics Lab will host exploration occasions the place members carry mission sheets to finish challenges. By fixing issues based mostly on the exhibition content material, kids will naturally develop scientific considering and problem-solving abilities.

In the Science Hall, a science survival quiz present for elementary college college students can be held six instances in complete. In the outside plaza, households can take pleasure in packages akin to the Carbon Zero Landing Mission Paper Airplane, a bicycle-powered electrical energy exercise, and a recycling basketball sport.

In addition, the pageant will provide science performances, bubble exhibits, meals vehicles, and flea markets, creating an immersive scientific cultural occasion the place guests cannot solely take part in hands-on actions but additionally spend the complete day studying and enjoyable.

Kwon Seokmin, Director of the National Science Museum, acknowledged, “Science Day began as a science festival driven by students’ voluntary participation,” including, “We now aim to evolve it into a scientific cultural festival filled with stories and inspiration, going beyond just presenting science.”

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