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Buenos Aires, Argentina > Buenos Aires attractions > Museo Participativo de Ciencias | Children’s Participatory Science Museum Museo Participativo de Ciencias | Children’s Participatory Science MuseumJunín 1930 (@ Guido); Tel. + (011.54.11) 4807-3260
 At this museum in Recoleta, kids are encouraged to touch, watch, listen, learn, shout, and play. Photo by Clare Nisbet. Though it’s tucked away inside the Centro Cultural Recoleta, all the way up on the 2nd floor, the Museo Participativo de Ciencias cannot be missed – mostly thanks to the throngs of screaming children bulging at its seams. Visitors should not fret, as the screams are generally jubilant. What else might one expect from a place whose motto is Prohibido NO tocar (Prohibited NOT to touch!)? During the school year kids flock here by the classroom to listen, learn, and play. The museo offers some groovy science tips and tricks for kids and adults that are game. Though the space is limited to a few rooms they manage plenty of cool, hands-on exhibits on subjects like optics, nature, music, electricity, and magnetism to name a few. There is also a crowd-pleasing feature named (appropriately): ¡No me mates Matemática! or Don’t kill me, math! Young kids will be kept busy for a few hours here but travelers, beware, as there are no brochures in English or English-speaking staff regularly on hand. Time is best served for bilingual kids or those with a patient Spanish-speaking guide. Either way, those in the Recoleta neighborhood should stop by and give it a whirl. —Museo Participativo de Ciencias | Children’s Participatory Science Museum review by Clare Nisbet
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