The Optics Museum

The first russian interactive educational exposition “Museum of Optics” was created as a part of the innovative educational program of the National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics.

Several of the eleven rooms tell about the history of optics and future technologies, other rooms acquaint you with optical phenomena interactively: you can “freeze” your shadows or paint with color, feel like Leonardo da Vinci, manipulate particles in space and even fly a little.

Opto-clones of Faberge masterpieces, holograms, a unique collection of glass (the Abbe catalog) which is a light organ, allow you to imagine yourself as heroes of science fiction films and learn how optical technologies work in various fields of humankind activity.