Imaginary invented the open source science exhibition (with over 340 exhibition activities in 60 countries, organised locally), the open source exhibition platform, and a dynamic museum operating system.
ACTIVITIES
- math exhibitions
- interactive software exhibits
- augmented/mixed reality museum project (Holo-Math)
- dynamic museum operating system (Hilbert)
START OF THE PROJECT
09.12.2007
ORGANISATION
COSTS
Open source exhibitions
- 50,000€ per year personnel costs (+ small overhead for office costs)
- Equipment and technology is “outsourced” to local partners as well as other human resources (local media work)/crowd-sourced costs for about 40 projects (mainly exhibitions) per year.
Holo-Math project
- about 30,000€ personnel costs (first year of the project, might be higher for follow-up years)
- about 5,000€ for travel costs (projects in Rwanda, Brazil, etc.)
IMPACT
The main impact is that hierarchies are broken: all can enjoy and also be part of science communication.
- Amount of real human visitors at real events engaging with science (more than 3 million)
- Amount of countries (60), cultures, languages (30) we deal with
- Amount of active contributors to the project (participation) (900)
- Amount of new creative ideas (never imagined)
- Amount of people actively doing maths communication
- Amounf of independent active country chapters (10)
TARGET GROUP
“Everybody”, including researchers and scientists. Our exhibitions are enjoyed by people starting at age 5. Unique is that the target group is also creator (consumers become producers).
PARTNERS
- Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach
- Leibniz Gemeinschaft
- Klaus Tschira Stiftung
- Heidelberg Laureate Forum
- UNESCO, EU, African Institutes of Mathematical Sciences, (…)
KEY LEARNINGS
- You have to give away full control on your content, in order to get back more than you ever thought or dreamed of.
- Be really open, friendly and be fast in communication.
- People want to create and add ideas (not just attend, watch, or see) and people like to be challenged.
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