How do you experience the world? Have you ever considered experiencing a museum using senses other than sight?

Until January 6th, visitors to the Museum of Tomorrow will be able to participate in the space "Where does this river take me?". And how do you participate? By smelling, listening to poems, manipulating objects, perceiving textures with your hands and even your feet, and lying down in sinuous shapes. We are body, experiences, and memory. How about exploring this space with these resources?

The installation was created by the Sapoti Projetos Culturais team, which has been working with educational and accessibility projects for over 12 years, together with the Museu do Amanhã team, and is sponsored by RioGaleão and the City of Rio de Janeiro, the Municipal Department of Culture, through the Municipal Law of Incentive to Culture - ISS Law.

And what river is this? Ah, the answer to that question is up to each visitor. The quintessential metaphor for the course of life is water flowing in the form of a river. This river could be life, time, a Brazilian river, a sacred river like the Ganges, a river destroyed by humans like the Rio Doce, and so many other possibilities. When we look to the stars for a sign that we are not alone in the Universe, what we seek is the essential ingredient of Life: water. Two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen, H2O. We are made of water, and without it, Earth would not exist. This river we are treating could also be our future. Where are we polluting our source of life?

Earth, our blue planet. The nickname is more than fitting for a planet where 71% of its surface is water. However, only 3% of this total is drinkable (and most of it is frozen, at least for now). Is it time to think about rivers?

The scenography evokes the meandering flow of rivers. The audience can sit or lie down on the furniture. Small speakers installed in the modules broadcast poems punctuated by the soundscape of rivers, with the sounds of water, birds, and fish.

The project was designed for all ages. Babies enjoy a tactile rug that depicts the river forming in the mountains, becoming more abundant with its tributaries, and flowing into the sea. Young children also love lying on the cushions representing pebbles and gazing at the reflecting pool on the ceiling. Adults are happy to lie down on the furniture and discover an infinity mirror that creates the impression of depth, and they love the invitation to take off their shoes and feel as if they've stepped into the river.