"A Brainy Day At The Mind Museum"

"Be fascinated with the amazing facts and wonders of SCIENCE at THE MIND MUSEUM!"

The Fort houses the newly-opened science museum called THE MIND MUSEUM. It has five indoor galleries and one outdoor nature playground. When you enter, a remote controlled-human sized robot named Aedi will greet you. It can talk, move and do other actions. There is a tour guide for the first part of the museum only. After that, you can tour around by yourself. Though there are museum staff everywhere if you need their help.

The Galleries in The Mind Museum
I visited the Mind Museum with my friends and family as my last summer fun activity before school started. We had lots of fun there watching shows, doing different activities and exploring. We went to all galleries and we learned a lot of things.



The first gallery, the Universe Gallery showed us the space, the earth, sun and the universe. They also have a show or a mini-planetarium where you can watch different shows about space. One cool thing about the gallery was the rotating tunnel. It connects the Universe Gallery to the Earth Gallery. Step inside and you will feel as if you are spinning upside-down. I liked it a lot that I kept going back!
   



In the Earth Gallery, we witnessed how earth began, in the form of exhibits of dinosaurs, the early people and a 3D show. The 3D show was my best part in this gallery. We wore 3D glasses so when a dinosaur came running, it really looked very fierce and life-like, hence, we got so many surprises and laughing moments.

Visit the Technology Gallery and get modern today! I think kids are most familiar with this area. Different kinds of technology being used in different countries were on display. You can play old video games, such as Pac-Man, and new games such as racing, drum and other video games you normally see at the arcades.
 

To learn about atoms and energy, be sure to check out the one-of-a-kind Atom Gallery. Witness the effects of energy, different gears moving and much more.

Some of the activities I liked were the room where you can pose and the camera will print your shadow on the wall. My friends and I had a blast making different quirky poses.






Too bad we weren't able to go to the outdoor playground because it was raining. Nevertheless, we all had an enjoyable time. I just wished that the museum had more interactive exhibits, like those that allow you to move and feel things and see its effects. In a science museum in Kuala Lumpur, I got to adjust the force of the tornado and feel it. While in  Hong Kong Science Museum, I got to trace the source of electricity from the starting point - the electrical socket at home. I think kids will really have fun with live experiments where you can make your own discoveries. I hope the Mind Museum will continue to add more features and change the exhibits every now and then so I will go back again.