Inventions
Human knowledge turned into tools, machines, and systems.
SciMu 1.1.12 · Built in public
The Internet Science Museum.
SciMu is a growing online-first science museum where knowledge can be explored through many pathways: species, biomes, laws & principles, inventions, phenomena, materials, places, timelines, questions, people, and original exhibits.
Ten pathways
Explore science from different doors.
Each SciMu page can connect across multiple pathways, so an orca can lead to oceans, sound, evolution, conservation, laws & principles, and original exhibits.
Species
Life by organism, from orcas and octopuses to redwoods and insects.
Biomes
Living environments: forests, oceans, grasslands, deserts, tundra, wetlands, and more.
Laws & Principles
Nature by pattern, process, cycle, principle, rule, and equation.
Phenomena
Things people observe first: tides, storms, rainbows, sound, fire.
Materials
The stuff of the universe: water, carbon, DNA, glass, silicon, air.
Places
Science by habitat, biome, planet, environment, and location.
Timelines
Deep time, Earth history, life history, invention, medicine, and space.
Questions
Curiosity-led entrances into the museum.
People
Scientists, educators, inventors, knowledge keepers, explorers, and learners.
Exhibits
SciMu’s original curated experiences and signature concepts.
Main Entrance Interior Direction Studies
Four possible interiors for the museum.
These visual studies were generated with ChatGPT as part of SciMu’s public design process. The prompt explored non-Bauhaus architectural movements from the 1960s onward, including Metabolism, High-Tech / Structural Expressionism, Postmodernism, and Deconstructivism. The goal was not to choose a final building, but to imagine how the Internet Science Museum might feel from the inside.
Help build SciMu
Seeking founding department leads.
SciMu is looking for founding department leads and collaborators who want to help shape a public science museum for the internet. Scientists, educators, professionals, enthusiasts, artists, writers, designers, and future museum builders are invited to help imagine what this can become.
Read the mission