From performances to hands-on experiments: Jeju Aerospace Museum transforms into a science playground

[Financial News, Jeju = Reporter Jung Yong-bok] The Jeju Aerospace Museum is being transformed into an interactive science and culture space that combines exhibition viewing with science performances and hands-on experiments. The museum has designed the program so that children and family visitors can move beyond simply seeing science to touching and experimenting with it themselves.
According to the Jeju Free International City Development Center (JDC) on the 26th, the Jeju Aerospace Museum, operated by JDC, will host "Waglewagle JAM Science Playground - Space Adventure" from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 5-6.
The program was organized as part of the "2026 Honam Region Science Museum Science Culture Activity Support Project," led by the Gwangju National Science Museum. The Jeju Aerospace Museum was selected for the project on the 14th and secured funding for program planning and operations.
The event consists of "Space Adventure," a performance that explains scientific principles, and a basic science class where participants conduct experiments themselves. The 40-minute science performance, starting at 10 a.m., introduces the science behind various experiments in a way that children can easily understand. The hands-on session runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The experience program includes six activities based on basic science, such as Galaxy Splash, Jelly Planet Exploration, A Small Sea Inside a Planet, and The Secret of Starlight. It is designed so that participants do more than just observe the results; they take part in the experimental process themselves.

Admission, including museum viewing, science performances and hands-on activities, costs 10,000 won. Attendance is limited to about 150 people per day, and the program will be run on a reservation basis. Up to four tickets may be purchased per person.
The project is also meaningful in that it expands cooperation among science museums so that people in Jeju can experience science culture programs that are otherwise difficult to access locally. The Jeju Aerospace Museum plans to broaden family participation by linking its aviation and space exhibition content with performances, experiments and educational programs.
Kim Seok-ju, director of the Jeju Aerospace Museum, said, "We will expand opportunities for residents and tourists to enjoy science through performances and experiments without feeling that it is difficult," adding, "We will strengthen our role as a complex cultural space where exhibitions, performances, art and culture come together."
Applications for participation will be accepted in advance through Naver Reservation.


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