As Bertrand Russell once said regarding mathematic “one does not know what one is talking about, neither does one know whether what one is saying is true or not, or alternatively, one does not know what to talk about.”

This also makes it hard for the curators to set such an exhibit, where the unit is nor an object nor a phenomenon. The main purpose of the museums is not to teach, but rather to bring the visitor close to the subject at matter, and to inspire enthusiasm in the viewer. First such attempt happened in “Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie” in La Villette in Paris. An experimental mathematical space was created in the “Palais de la Découverte” during the 1980’s. “Horizons Mathématiques” were the first mathematical exhibits created in Orleans and Bourges and they were presented in more than 50 countries and 200 towns. In the 21^st century, with the support of UNESCO, IMU, ICMI and EMS, the International Mathematical Union launched a programme on popularisation of mathematics with a concrete topic “Why Mathematics?” through implementation of traveling exhibition.

According to Wikipedia’s database there are 54 math museums and permanent exhibitions all around the world dedicated to the subject of mathematics today. And even more on the rise. Some of the finest examples of those institutions operate in France, Belgium and Italy.

During the 1996, Near Touluse, in France, the Fermat-Lomagne association was established to celebrate the proof that Andrew Wiles made on the Fermat’s last theorem. Shortly afterwards, the association opened the Fermat Science museum located in the birthplace of the 17^th century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat.  Museum hosts exhibitions, games, workshops and animations about History, Mathematics, Sciences and Pierre de Fermat´s work.