Museum Exhibits

Level 1

Grand Atrium

TotSpot

This colourful area is designed for our youngest visitors to explore their creativity! The gallery is designed especially for children up to 4 years of age. The TotSpot introduces babies and toddlers to early learning principles through visual and tactile stimuli.

Shadow Play

The large white screen on the main floor is the Shadow Play. Turn the coloured lights located behind the screen on and off to create multi-coloured shadows. Dance, pose or wiggle and watch your shadow move with you. How many shadows are there when all of the lights are on?

Geo-Terraces

These are in the centre of the Grand Atrium and unlike school and home you don't have to clean up your toys!

Fish Tanks

Meet our fishy friends! In these 125 gallon tanks full life of life, you'll find a variety of African Cichlids and Rainbow Fish!

The Living Wall

The Living Wall greets guests after they walk through our adult or child sized front doors. The many plants that make up the garden use the sun's energy to grow as it cleans the Museum's air and helps cool the building in the summer!

David Suzuki describes the living wall in this interactive exhibit.

Download an audio podcast of his description!

You may also wish to visit David Suzuki's website.

Level 2

Celebration Of The Imagination!

The Urban Streetscape Project

A collaborative effort to showcase iconic features of our Region in a fun and interactive way! The first phase is now open so drop by soon! Create your own sound at The Beat Goes On and interact with images on the floor and wall!

Express Yourself

• Drive our plasma cars using only your hands!
  
• Push your hand, chest, or back into the Pin Wall then see the impression you've left
  
• Alter the speed, direction, or height of the water as you create patterns and pathways!
  
• Create a sculpture, maze, or a fort at Construction Alley!
  

Level 3

zero footprint

This interactive exhibit is a web based calculator where children can answer questions and learn about their own ecological footprint. Can yours be lowered by walking to the store or school, using reusable lunch boxes or turning off unused televisions, computers and lights?

You bet it can! Come see how many tonnes there are in your footprint then see if you can reduce it before your next visit.

Germs, Germs, Germs
Until April 11

Part of the health theme featuring Our Body: The Universe Within, Germs, Germs, Germs is a travelling, interactive show that takes health down to a microscopic level! Learn all about germs - good and bad - what they're like and how to prevent their transmission.

Mission: Outer Space... A COM DEV Adventure

Check out this interactive, permanent exhibit on space! Learn about space travel, the science we learn and use in space and how research and technology in outer space affects our daily lives!

Watch for new changes as we develop this floor and make it come to life with the assistance of Kitchener Wilmot Hydro, Navtech Inc. and COM DEV.

Level 4

In the Cultural Spaces and RIM Galleries:

Our Body: The Universe Within
Until April 11

A collection of over 200 actual human body specimens, organs and partial body parts perserved through polymer preservation. See the Our Body feature site for complete details.

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