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Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Culture in Sweden
Experience science, technology and the Digital Revolution With a mission to educate and inspire creativity, productivity and entrepreneurship, the National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm gives you Digital Revolution: an exhibition presenting mind-blowing science in interactive ways, where worlds and futures are explored in fascinating ways. By Astrid Eriksson
Last year the exhibition Digital Revolution premiered and up until 30 August 2015 visitors still have the chance to discover this marvellous place of interactive learning and experiencing. “We have over 90 interactive stations,” says Peter Skogh of Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology. “This makes the visitor very much a part of the exhibition itself. We use examples from popular culture like music, film, art/design and video games, to explain through science and technology how things are connected and where that might take us in the future. It is really quite extraordinary.”
Digital Revolution is an important exhibition as it touches upon something that couldn’t be more current. “Understanding science and technology is becoming a democratic issue since the entire society is moving towards a digital world,” Skogh explains. “This is something people might find scary and frightening in
some ways, but you have to see the exciting possibilities it provides. We are, and have been for some time, embarking on a journey where research, science and technology is taking the lead, and Digital Revolution enables people to get a hands-on experience and take part in that very journey.”
Wishing Wall by Varvara Guljajeva & Mar Canet. Photo: Anna Gerdén
“We aim to be every little genius’s favourite place,” says Skogh. “People who come here should be filled with a will and an eagerness to learn even more, as well as a yearning to set out to further experience what the world of science has to offer.”
For more information, about Digital Revolution and other thrilling exhibitions please visit: www.tekniskamuseet.se/en
Chris Milk, The Treachery of Sanctuary, 2012, The Creators Project, a partnership with Intel and VICE. Photo: Bryan Derballa