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Muzeiko Museum

Muzeiko Museum: Bulgaria’s First Children's Museum in Sofia

Muzeiko is the first Children’s Museum in Bulgaria. Located in Sofia, the country’s capital, the amazing building and exhibitions were designed by Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership (LHSA+DP) and was named ‘Educational Building of the Year’ in Bulgaria.

Paul Orselli was pleased to work with the LHSA+DP Exhibition Design Team serving as the primary exhibition consultant for the Muzeiko Project from start to finish, responsible for helping to form emerging content into completed exhibition areas.

The first Children’s Museum in Bulgaria opened officially on October 1st, 2015. “Having been involved in the entire development process of Muzeiko for the past few years (and even before the official Muzeiko project started!) has certainly been one of the highlights of my museum career so far” writes Paul Orselli Chief Instigator of POW!

View The Muzeiko Children's Museum Grand Opening Below:

Click image below to view an amazing interactive walk through of the Muzeiko Children’s Museum, another successful collaborative project that POW! The Paul Orselli Workshop was delighted to be a part of.

Molecules Traveling Exhibition

Paul Orselli Gallery / Molecules Traveling Exhibition

Molecules and Health: The Shape of Science is a traveling exhibition funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. POW! helped transform complex topics from molecular biology into family-friendly interactive exhibit components.

Molecule Tools

Molecule Tools. Can you match the shape of the molecule to a common tool ?

Molecular Measurement

Use the “Molecule Measuring Stick” to find out how many molecules wide your hand is !

Molecules in your Body

A full-scale body silhouette with flip panels to show how the shapes of different body molecules help determine their function.

How Many Molecules?

Step on the electronic scale to find out how many molecules your body is made up of !

Science Museums Exhibit

Paul Orselli Gallery / Science Museum Exhibit

Star Wall

Part of a set of interactive outdoor exhibit elements that created a journey through the Solar System for the New York Hall of Science.

Magnetic Pendulum

A large interactive Magnetic Pendulum component that visitors could manipulate to create chaotic mathematical patterns at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland.

Build Your Own Network

A simple, open-ended exhibit component that translated high-level scientific content into an accessible format.

Giant Newton’s Cradle

A close up view of one of our Giant Newton’s Cradle exhibits.

Custom Exhibit Components

Little Sky Country

Giant Newton’s Cradle Video

One of our first Giant Newton’s Cradle exhibits. Still banging away over 15 years later! View our Flickr and YouTube pages for our latest version of the Giant Newton’s Cradle!

Children’s Book Carts

These book carts were designed by POW! (Paul Orselli Workshop, Inc.) in collaboration with Kim Wagner Designs and DCM Fabrication. The carts are now installed in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital NICU family waiting rooms in Boston.

Parabolic Spinners

Parabolic spinners! How to “turn” simple materials into a surprisingly engaging and durable math exhibit.

Art Museum Light Exhibit

As part of an interactive art museum exhibition: a cylindrical light table with translucent color Magna-Tiles.

Little Sky Country

Adventure for Kids!

Entry Gate

The entry gate to Little Sky Country children’s museum exhibit.

Little Sky Country Tree Slide

One of our first exhibit “testers” tries out the Tree Slide.

Treetop Theatre

A multi-purpose creative play area. The title sign slides out so the trees can become a puppet stage, a grocery store, or a post office by changing out the play items.

Tree Blocks Table

A twist on the classic blocks table. This component uses a tree-ring table and “Tree Blocks”.

Children’s Museums Exhibit

Paul Orselli Gallery / Children's Exhibit

Prototyping Exhibits

Working with young visitors to prototype exhibits is crucial to creating successful museum experiences.

Young Makers

Children’s Museums can be a place for young visitors and their adults to explore making and designing exhibits and activities.

Giant Bubble Exhibit

What’s more fun than getting inside a Giant Bubble?.

LadyBug Interactive

Even simple interactive exhibit components for the youngest visitors to Children’s Museums can be crafted with care and designed with attention to materials and finishes.

Launch Pad

Paul Orselli Gallery / Launch Pad

POW! worked with the New York Hall of Science to transform an underutilized outdoor area near the famous 1964 World’s Fair NASA Rockets Display into the Launch Pad interactive exhibit area about the Solar System.

Solar System Wall

Long-shot through Launch Pad with restored NASA rockets in background, All the interactives and materials chosen for the space with NY Hall staff have held up to the elements and look great!.

Sun Starting Panel

Busy working on Long Island! Hop inside our mini backhoe to start a kid-sized construction project.

Number 7 Line Queens Rocket

The #7 Rocket echoes the nearby subway line in Queens, and serves as the starting point for visitors’ journey through the Solar System.

Become an Astronaut!

The entry panel for Launch Pad with a “peek through” astronaut cutout for photo opportunities.

TotSpot

TotSpot Exhibit: Perfect for Kids!

One of several exhibit galleries developed for the new Long Island Children’s Museum, TotSpot is an engaging, active area for young visitors with Long Island and Transportation themes.

Interactive Kids Bridge

This early childhood gallery with a transportation theme was developed for the Long Island Children’s Museum.

Kid-sized Crane

Busy working on Long Island! Hop inside our mini backhoe to start a kid-sized construction project.

Lighthouse Climber

The central Lighthouse Climbing Structure provides both gross motor and fine motor opportunities.

TotSpot Fishing Boat

Catch of the day on the fishing boat Galaxy Jane! Young sailors can role-play or send messages back to the Lighthouse.