What if you could visit the future before it happens?
The Museum of Futures is an experiential foresight tool developed by HorizonX to help people step beyond the assumptions of today and explore multiple possible futures.
Rather than predicting what the future will look like, the Museum invites visitors to explore imagined artefacts from different possible futures. Each exhibit offers a glimpse into a world that could emerge and encourages visitors to ask:
What had to change for this artefact to exist? What signals of this future can we already observe today? What new needs, behaviours and challenges could emerge? And what other futures might be possible?
The Museum consists of 10 thematic halls covering Work & Skills, Education, Economy & Finance, Climate, Technology, Security, Governance, Urban Futures, Health and Energy.
Why we created it
Foresight can be challenging for people who are unfamiliar with futures thinking. Participants often remain anchored in today's realities, existing assumptions and linear projections.
The Museum was created to make futures exploration more immersive, accessible and provocative.
Instead of beginning with frameworks and terminology, participants first encounter possible futures through artefacts, stories and questions. These experiences can then become a starting point for deeper conversations about signals, emerging change, trends, uncertainties and alternative scenarios.
How it can be used
The Museum can support different stages of a foresight process, including:
Futures literacy: introducing futures thinking in an accessible and experiential way.
Horizon scanning: connecting fictional artefacts with signals, emerging issues and trends visible today.
Challenging assumptions: helping participants move beyond dominant narratives and linear expectations.
Scenario exploration: expanding the range of possibilities considered before or during scenario development.
Strategic dialogue: exploring the implications of different futures for organisations, industries and society.
Creativity and engagement: creating a shared experience that stimulates curiosity and discussion among diverse stakeholders.
The Museum can be used independently or integrated into workshops, strategy processes, learning programmes and facilitated foresight sessions.
There is no single future. The Museum of Futures is an invitation to explore many of them and to reflect on the choices we make today.
Explore the Museum:
museum.horizonx.eu
