Expérimentarium de Physique de l'ULB
Physics museum of the ULB in Ixelles: interactive demonstrations and historic instruments, with free public visits on Wednesday afternoons.
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About the museum
The Expérimentarium de Physique of the Université libre de Bruxelles was created in 1996 on the initiative of Professor Albert Art. Its mission is to make physics accessible, lively and fun for a wide audience, without formalism or complex equations. It has been part of the ULB Museums Network since 2003 and is located on the Plaine campus.
The museum brings together a large collection of hands-on demonstrations on mechanics, electrostatics, electromagnetism, optics, waves and heat. Visitors go through them with a guide, a physicist, educator or science student, who answers questions such as how a rainbow works or what happens to the air in a vacuum tube.
The Expérimentarium also holds the physics collections of the ULB and displays several historic instruments, some of which still work and are used in demonstrations. Every January it organises, together with the Expérimentarium de Chimie, a theatrical science show in the Pleyel hall on the Solbosch campus. It welcomes around 5,500 visitors a year, mainly pupils and students.
Highlights
- Physics demonstrations with a guide: mechanics, electricity, optics, waves
- Historic instruments from the ULB physics collections, some still in working order
- Free public visits on Wednesday afternoons during the school term
- Annual science show in January with the Expérimentarium de Chimie
Permanent exhibition
- Collection de manipulations de physique – Hands-on displays on the major areas of physics, presented with a guide, with some historic instruments from the ULB collections.
- Founded
- 1996
- Operated by
- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Admission & discounts
| Adults | free |
|---|---|
| Groups (8+ people) | €5 per personGuided group visit: €5 per visitor, except the “Physique à volonté” offer, which is free for schools in the Brussels-Capital Region. Groups of 8 to 12 people, by appointment. |
Public visits on Wednesday afternoons are free.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
Recommended for ages 8+
- Family tours & workshops
Wednesday public visits are open to adults and to children aged 8 and over.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Delta
Metro: Delta station.
The museum is on the Plaine campus, in building F (Forum).
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Visits are led by a guide; for groups they last between one and two hours in total, in French, Dutch or English (three groups at most at the same time). Book via the museum's online form. |
