About the museum
Eurekarium is a museum where you are supposed to touch everything. Each exhibit is a simulation you can pick up, turn around and poke until it makes sense.
Why a museum?
Most of us learned how a cell works, why the Moon changes shape or how continents move from a static diagram and a paragraph of text. For many people the idea only lands when they can move the pieces themselves and watch cause and effect happen in front of them.
That moment — eureka! — is what we build for. The name mixes that word with the -arium of planetarium and aquarium: a place you walk into to see the world up close. Unlike most museums, here the glass cases are open.
What you will find inside
Every exhibit has its own page. At the top is the simulation. Underneath is the placard: a clear explanation of what you are seeing, the key facts, common misconceptions, questions visitors ask and the sources we used. The museum has 5 wings, and it grows one exhibit at a time:
- Wing A · Biology — Cells, bodies and the machinery of living things.
- Wing B · Astronomy — The Sun, the Moon, the planets and the sky above you.
- Wing C · Earth Science — Plates, volcanoes, oceans and the forces that shape the planet.
- Wing D · Physics — Light, motion, energy and the rules behind them.
- Wing E · Math — Shapes, fractions and patterns you can see and touch.
House rules we hold ourselves to
- Accuracy first. Exhibits run on real models and data. When we simplify for clarity, the placard says so.
- Show our sources. Anyone should be able to check what we say.
- Free admission. No account, no paywall, no install. The museum is funded by advertising, which never goes inside an exhibit.
- Open everywhere. Phones, tablets, laptops and classroom projectors.
Who runs Eurekarium
Eurekarium is an independent project, designed and built by a developer and educator who loves science, code and good design in equal measure. Spotted a mistake, or have an idea for the next exhibit? Say hello on thecontact page.