Science Pavilion UZH — Attraction in Zurich

A terrific—and free—museum. It tells the story of our species and its place in history, going into great detail about the similarities and evolution of our common descendants.

I especially enjoyed learning about neanderthals and dispelling several myths.

The science exploratorium is in the same area. It does a great job explaining how magnets work, where superconductors come into play, and how it all comes together in the CMS and other groundbreaking research being done right here in...

We went there during the museums night and found little of interest: superconductor demo would only be run two hours later (11pm), too late for my 5y.o. son to stick around. There are a couple of interactive installations, but fairly primitive ones. Video screens have the German language option, but it only works on some videos, others are English-only and volume is very low so it's hard to hear...

The exploratorium has three museums in one place - there is a section dedicated to science, botany and anthropology. The place is quite modern and features information about ongoing research at the University of Zürich. And best of all, the admission is...