THE FIRST DISTRIBUTED MUSEUM

MICRO is building a fleet of six-foot-tall museums.

Our team of scientists, designers, engineers, and storytellers take a vast, complex world, and squeeze it down into boxes the size of vending machines.

GO FORTH AND MULTIPLY

We replicate the museums, and send them out to the groups and venues in your community who want you to know about the secret systems that run the cosmos.

From hospital waiting rooms to the DMV, MICRO’s fleet of museums show up in the places you least expect them.

SMALL THINGS. BIG DIFFERENCE

Soon, you'll walk into an airport in San Jose and share a science experience with someone in a community center in the Bronx.

Ever wondered how snails have sex, or what happens at the end of the universe?

Of course you have. MICRO is here for you.

TIME FOR A NEW APPROACH

MICRO is on a mission to provide equal access to fundamental knowledge.

Museums are important sources of knowledge, but their impact is limited.

Museums cluster. In New York City, Manhattan has 85 museums. The Bronx has 8. The boroughs have the same population.

Entry is often expensive, and audiences are narrow: across America, 90% of museum visitors are white.

MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE

MICRO is committed to building science education for a culturally decentralized future. MICRO believes that access to high quality science is empowering.

Our museums are site-tested, durable, and free to the public. With a museum on a new topic always in the works, this is science for everyone, museums that can go everywhere.

THE MOTIVATION IS MUTUAL

We all want to understand the world we live in. 11 of the 20 most visited museums in the US are science museums, but science museums are rare.

Of the 135 museums across NYC, only 5 are science or math related. Even in San Francisco, just 3 of the 53 museums are STEM.

MICRO’s venue partners are hospitals, transit hubs, developers, and more: people and organizations who want to make a difference, and share the adventure of science with their community.