- Address: Storgatan 33, 151 36 Södertälje, Sweden
- Contact phone: +46 (8) 550-225-00
- Website: www.tomtit.se
- Email: info@tomtit.se
- Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10: 00-17: 00, Sat-Sun 10: 00-18: 00
- The cost of visiting: adult ticket - $ 21.85, children (from 3 to 14 years) - $ 17.25, children under 2 years - free of charge.
Amazing and unique in its kind, the experimental museum of Tom Tit, initially focused exclusively on the children's audience, attracted the attention of adult visitors due to the fact that it is possible to combine cognitive excursions , visiting laboratories with participation in competitions and other activities.
Location:
The Museum of Experiments of Tom Tit is located in one of the suburbs of Stockholm - Södertälje .
History of the Museum
This amazing center of scientific experiments and discoveries is named after Tom Tit (Tom Tit) - a fictional character from the French newspaper l'Illustration and other books published in the late XIX century. The hero was engaged in conducting numerous and different in the direction of experiments, which has gained popularity among readers. In 2008, the Museum of Experiments of Tom Tit in Stockholm was awarded the title of "Best Research Center in Sweden ".
What is interesting about the museum?
The Stockholm Museum of Scientific Experiments Tom Titus offers visitors a huge collection of cognitive exhibits and mockups, of which there are more than 600. This is an excellent place for those who are hungry for new knowledge and adventures of children and their parents. The events of the museum for children from 2 years old and without the upper age bracket are calculated. For the convenience of the youngest visitors, many experiments are built at a low altitude.
The territory of the museum is 16 thousand square meters. m. and includes a 4-storey building and a large park, which also houses part of the experimental exhibits.
At the entrance to the Museum of Tom Tit you will be presented with a catalog with a detailed description of all the experiments in English. Consider briefly what you can see on 4 floors:
- The first floor includes a small dark room and a planetarium, visitors are invited to solve charades or blow bubbles, and for motorists installed this model SCANIA in disassembled form;
- The 2nd floor is first of all a souvenir shop and a cafeteria, and also a place for water experiments and dance master classes;
- The third floor is the gallery of illusions and the premises of the chemical laboratory;
- The fourth floor is occupied by a mirror labyrinth and a research room for studying the structure of the human body.
For children there is a special attraction - rolling from the top tier on a hill, similar to what happens in water parks. For the descent will need a rug, which you need to take with you on the first floor.
The park of experiments under the open sky works from May to September and offers visitors more than 100 experiments and entertainments, among which:
- water tower with a real centrifuge;
- fountains;
- sundial;
- local earthquakes;
- flight on a real balloon.
In the summer time on the lawn of the park, picnics are allowed.
On the territory of the museum there is also a restaurant, an ecological cafe and the Pelarsalen hall for rest and eating, designed for 100 seats. In the souvenir shop you can buy very unusual things about the purpose of which you will need to read in a special instruction, as well as books with the hero Tom Tit.
How to get there?
It is not difficult to get to the Museum of Experiments of Tom Titus. You can use one of the following options:
- Get on the car. From all roadway congresses, look at the brown signposts of Tom Tits Experiment.
- Take the train from T-Centralen to Södertälje Centrum. Suburban trains from Stockholm depart every 15 minutes.
- Take the bus number 748 or 749 from the Liljeholmen metro station to the center of Södertälje.
- Long-distance trains from other cities in Sweden. It is necessary to follow the Södertälje syd stop and then take bus lines Nos. 754C and 755C to the Centrifugen stop.