Dive into the mysterious world of the northern lights at the Arktikum Science Centre. Arctic Centre’s new exhibition Aurora Borealis intertwines tales and research. For example, sounds of the northern lights are found both in traditional knowledge of Sami people and some current studies.
Photo: Jorma Luhta.
There have been numerous attempts to describe and explain the blazing lights in the sky for thousands of years and in different parts of the world. Auroral research involves many familiar names from Aristotle to Galileo Galilei and Anders Celsius.
Visitors will learn, among other things, how the northern lights are created, how they get their unique colors and what shapes they may form. Many people don’t know that in Lapland there are still traces of the experiments in which researchers tried to create the northern lights themselves more than a hundred years ago.
In addition, the exhibition includes the story which won the northern lights themed competition organized this spring.
“The story is surprising and funny. Many of the tales in the exhibition are told from adults’ perspective but the winner story looks at the northern lights through the eyes of a child”, says Anna Hyvönen, exhibition designer and representative of the jury.
Aurora Borealis
May 31, 2013 – May 4, 2014
Arktikum Science Centre, address: Pohjoisranta 4, Rovaniemi
Opening hours and tickets
More information:
Science communicator Marjo Laukkanen, tel. +358 40 484 4296, marjo.laukkanen (at) ulapland.fi
The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland is a significant expert institution in Arctic issues. Arktikum Science Centre in Rovaniemi popularises Arctic research and science through exhibitions encouraging active participation, provides educational activities for schools, and arranges public events. The Arctic in Change exhibition takes visitors on a trip through the fascinating Arctic telling about its natural conditions, cultural richness and modern changes.