The Jilin Science Museum is a comprehensive science popularization venue at the provincial level in Jilin Province, located in Changchun City. It is a heavyweight science popularization landmark in Northeast China, integrating exhibition education, technology training, academic exchange, and special effects cinema, and carrying out science popularization work throughout the province. The venue has a grand architectural scale, incorporating elements of Northeast regional culture into its overall design. The internal exhibition hall has ample space, with permanent exhibition halls divided into multiple themed areas such as Creative Practice, Life and Health, Technology and Life, Dream Home, and Children's Science Playground, featuring hundreds of interactive science exhibitions.
The venue is based on the historical background of the old industrial base in Northeast China, and has specially set up exhibition areas related to industrial technology to showcase the technological achievements of Jilin's advantageous industries such as equipment manufacturing, automobile industry, and agricultural technology, allowing visitors to understand the development process of Northeast industry. The special effects cinema system includes a ball screen cinema and a 4D cinema, playing documentaries on space astronomy and nature. The immersive audio-visual experience is deeply loved by young people.
The Science Museum in Jilin Province adheres to free public welfare and receives hundreds of thousands of visitors throughout the year. It is the preferred destination for parent-child walks and primary and secondary school research in Changchun. The museum offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including science experiment shows, robot competitions, science popularization lectures, and youth innovation competitions. During the winter and summer vacations, the activity schedule is intensive, attracting a large number of students to participate. At the same time, undertaking the task of popularizing science, science popularization caravans travel to various cities and counties in Jilin, delivering interactive exhibitions to remote campuses.
As a provincial-level museum, it undertakes the role of regional science popularization radiation, providing business guidance, exhibition plan reference, and instructor training for science museums at the provincial, municipal, and county-level levels. It can accommodate individual families and also support large-scale school group study appointments. Compared to the top provincial-level science museums in China, Jilin Science Museum combines the characteristics of old industries in Northeast China with modern cutting-edge science, as well as youth enlightenment and adult science popularization. It is a core hub venue in the science popularization system of Northeast China.