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Beyond the Limit. A Journey to the Frontiers of Knowledge

Written by katrinlink on . Posted in

17 December 2014

A Multi-Sensory Journey Where the Boundaries Disappear

“Beyond the Limit” is hosted by the MUSE Science Museum in Trento, Italy, sponsored by the MUSE and the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the University of Trento.

The exhibition explores different themes, adopting a multi-disciplinary approach:

  • the big bang and the expansion of the universe
  • the infinitely small and the infinitely big
  • the relationship between energy, matter, and temperature
  • antimatter
  • spacetime
  • visible and invisible messengers
  • the limits of the mind and of scientific technology
  • the nature of time.

The exhibition comprises interactive exhibits, installations, videos and multimedia experiences, making it possible to imagine faraway worlds that only physics and science have been able to explore. Among the exhibits one can find:

  • a model of Virgo, a simple Michelson interferometer of 1 metre length
  • an optical module of Km3net (DOM)
  • a model of AMS on a scale 1:5
  • a model of Lisa Pathfinder on a scale 1:4
  • mirror of the Boomerang experiment
  • interactive installations on spacetime and on the universe expansion
  • a real cloud chamber for cosmic rays
  • a very slow clock ticking at the rate of the age of the universe
  • videos on Lisa, Virgo, AMS and Space Station.

The exhibits are accompanied by a series of meetings with Italian scientists, as well as sports champions, artists and thinkers, including Samantha Cristoforetti, a European Space Agency astronaut and the first Italian woman in space.

“Beyond the Limit” is a multi-sensory journey to explore the known and the unknown, where the boundaries between science, philosophy and art, and between physics and metaphysics disappear. Likewise, as we explore the infinitely small, the barriers between time, mass and energy, and between the observer and the observed fall down: these are the intriguing paradoxes of quantum mechanics, one of the topics covered by the exhibition. Our knowledge of the universe is limited, and each new discovery is a launching pad for new investigations, the outcomes of which are uncertain. What has no limits is our imagination (from the exhibition presentation on-line).

The exhibition “Beyond the Limit” will last from Nov 8 2014 to June 15 2015. More information and details can be found at:
MUSE Science Museum website
Vimeo video
Flickr album