Immaginario Scientifico, Science and technology museum in Porto Vecchio district, Trieste, Italy

Immaginario Scientifico is a science and technology museum in Trieste with numerous interactive areas for exploration and learning. The spaces allow visitors to directly experience and understand physical phenomena such as motion, light, magnetism, and sound through hands-on activities.

The Immaginario Scientifico was founded in Trieste in 1985 after the Trouver Trieste exhibition in Paris, and in 1986 it inaugurated the Geode of the Villette des sciences. In 1999 it became a science centre with its first permanent seat at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste. The Grignano site closed in 2020 and the museum reopened at Magazzino 26 in Porto Vecchio, reusing the historic warehouse; a second seat opened in 2011 in the dye works of the former Cotonificio di Torre in Pordenone.

The name Immaginario Scientifico comes from the Paris exhibition Trouver Trieste, after which the Trieste centre was created in 1985. Since 1999 it has worked as an Anglo-Saxon-style science centre, with hands-on exhibits and informal workshops where visitors try phenomena themselves. Its Pordenone branch, opened in 2011, occupies the dye works of the former Cotonificio di Torre.

The museum occupies the historic Magazzino 26 in Porto Vecchio, the old port warehouse district; the entrance is under the steel canopy on the long stone facade, marked by the white "MAGAZZINO 26" plaque. The Pordenone branch sits in the dye works of the former Cotonificio di Torre. Exhibits are hands-on, so allow time to try the stations rather than walk past them.

The Trieste venue moved in 2020 from Grignano, where it sat at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, to the old port warehouse Magazzino 26. The building keeps its rough stone facade, arched doorways and the steel walkway added above them.