Multi Exhibition Area

The Multi Exhibition Area demonstrates different fields of science, where temporary exhibits are displayed, and are continuously replaced according to a pre-defined time schedule.

Current Exhibition:

MICROSCOPES of PHYSICS

Explore the World of the Micro and the Macro

• Microscopes of Physics is a hands-on exhibition owned by INFN (Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics) and will be hosted at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ALEXploratorium for a period of three months, 6 August - 31 October 2006.

• Microscopes of Physics aims to explain what is known about the infinitely small and the infinitely large, using the instruments adopted by physicists to investigate the two worlds. The exhibition contains interactive exhibits and simulations that are particularly suitable for schoolchildren. A special area is set aside for inter-disciplinary applications of nuclear and sub-nuclear physics.
  The exhibition, organized in four showrooms, targets secondary school pupils.

• Micro and Macro
  The first showroom is an introduction to the concepts of the infinitely small and the infinitely large through increasing enlargements, starting from the smallest particles at the heart of atoms up to the frontiers of the Universe.

• Inside the atom
  In the second showroom, exhibits, videos and interactive games aim to reveal how particle accelerators function as well as the experimental techniques applied by scientists to explore the heart of matter and its fundamental constituents. At the end of the room, thanks to 3D-projection, visitors can virtually enter into an accelerator to observe what happens inside and how scientists can observe the behavior of elementary particles.

• The Universe
  The third showroom is dedicated to the connection between the studies on the infinitely small world and the critical phenomena occurring in the Universe, to finally understand the origin of everything.
  Exhibits and short videos show how a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter helps us understand the Universe.

• Not only Physics...
  The fourth and last showroom is dedicated to some of the numerous technologies which have been developed for basic research and have been applied in apparently distant fields, from medical applications to heritage preservation.
  
• The Exhibition is in Arabic
  

Roboalex

• RoboAlex Center activities are compelling hands-on robotic challenges, guided by facilitators (animators). The activities take place in specially designed "cool" environments.

• The facilitators (animators) introduce the challenge. The children then design, program, and test robots on special playing fields to see how accurate they perform. It is a process very similar to the one applied by cutting-edge companies when they develop new products—and it is “awesome”, "nice" and “cool” according to visitors!

• The children, working in teams of two, are encouraged to apply different strategies when designing and programming the robots. Through this approach they develop:
  • Team work and communication skills;
  • Problem solving and engineering skills.

Previous Exhibition:

Underwater Archeology Exhibition

Message from Mr. Jean-Luc Lory, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'homme:

"Long hidden in the depths of the sea, fragile evidence of ancient civilizations is coming to light. The Underwater Archeology Exhibition, which opened 12 October 2003 and will run through mid 2005, was first mounted at the Mubarak Library in October 1998 as part of the French-Egyptian Year, with the generous support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the cultural services of the French Embassy in Egypt.

The exhibition was created in Arabic, and translated into English and French. It was designed and produced by Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme and the Ministry of Culture and Communications.

All those involved in the project would like to thank the Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, and his colleague Dr. Fathi Saleh, Director of CULTNAT, for helping to make this exhibition possible through the European program, Strabon, in which the BA is represented by CULTNAT.

The Mediterranean shores inspired Fernand Braudel in his 1949 book The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, to write:

Water…it is all we can say about it ... union, transport, exchange, closeness … provided that man takes up its challenge, and accepts to pay the price.”

Underwater Archeology Exhibition

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