Science museums often mix the playful with the discovery, two dynamics that match very well, as Richard Feynman said: he admitted being caught up in routine investigations when he had stopped having fun; or Leonardo Da Vinci, who always claimed to be a great fan of tricks, games and puzzles as a source of inspiration for new ideas.
If we look for the largest science museum in the world in a single building, then we should travel to the Guangdong Science Center, opened in 2008.
Guangdong Science Center
It has 450,000 m2 (larger than Tiananmen Square in Beijing) and is located in the homonymous city of the Chinese island of Xiaoguwei.
It has eight exhibition areas, four scientific film halls, two laboratories and a "family experience" digital room. Among the interactive attractions of the new museum are earthquake and typhoon simulations and the launch of a satellite, in addition to the game with robots .
On the exterior of the main building there is an artificial lake of 80,000 square meters, where the exhibitions on aquatic subjects will be installed, and a square with the scientific theme.
The museum emphasizes the most recent advances in China in the field of science and technology, and is an essential visit if we want to match the playfulness with the discovery.