Visit Us Human Plus: Real Lives, Real Engineering Opening spring 2013 Human Plus offers visitors a chance to explore technology that restores and extends our abilities — from our daily routines to our wildest dreams. From customized wheelchairs for off-roading to neuroprosthetic limbs controlled by thought, Human Plus showcases an innovative field of engineering focused on improving people’s lives every day. PER MANENT EX HI BI TS Turbine Hall Autovation highlights how advances in automobile technology have improved safety and increased the fuel efficiency of modern cars. Visitors view the unibody frame of a passenger car through an augmented reality system to reveal the inner workings of the automobile. Drop, cover and hold on in OMSI’s Earthquake House, where you can experience simulations of two earthquakes that happened in the Pacific Northwest — one a magnitude 5.6 and the other a 6.8! Engineer It introduces the principles of engineering with fun and challenging hands-on activities, including bridge building sets, CAD workstations and boat building kits. At Innovation Station you can experience the excitement of invention and explore technology in a whole new way. Then, get creative and invent something incredible yourself. OMSI’s new National Geographic Photo Gallery takes visitors on a visual journey with rotating collections of stunning photography by award-winning photojournalists. On display through February 10, 2013, Simply Beautiful illustrates the often-overlooked beauty in breathtaking landscapes, magnificent wildlife and fascinating people around the world. Life Science Hall From September 29, 2012-January 1, 2013, the Life Science Hall will host the RACE: Are We So Different? exhibit. On January 19, 2013, OMSI will reopen its regular Life Science exhibits.
Visitors can explore nutrition and fitness in Eat Well, Play Well/ Come Bien, Juega Bien, a bilingual (English/Spanish) exhibition featuring fun, hands-on components. Nutrition and fitness education come together to encourage all-around healthy living for visitors of all ages. The areas of research related to observing, measuring, and manipulating individual atoms and molecules — known as Nanotechnology — are leading to the revolutionary creation of new materials, processes and technologies. Examine the different stages of human fetal development during all nine months of pregnancy in Beginning the Journey, one of the largest displays of human fetuses open to the public. Explore the mysteries and science of why and how animals — including humans — age in Amazing Feats of Aging! Earth Science Hall Science On a Sphere (SOS)® features a room-sized, global display system that uses computers and video projectors to display planetary data on a six-foot-diameter animated sphere. School groups can request specific datasets to play during their field trip by visiting sos.noaa.gov/datasets and contacting scienceonasphere@omsi.edu. In our A View from Space exhibit, visitors are challenged to become scientists, study satellite images and answer important questions about our dynamic planet, while learning the value of studying Earth from space. Opening Fall 2012, Clever Together: Our Everyday Choices/ Juntos Somos Ingeniosos: Una Decisión a la Vez is a bilingual (English/Spanish) exhibit that encourages visitors to make more sustainable decisions by weighing the environmental, economic and social impacts of their choices. The exhibition is accompanied by the Local Voices, Clever Choices website, which highlights local sustainability stories and a challengebased game for families.
MUSEUM EXHIBITS
Opening January 2013, Renewable Energy/Energia Renovable is a bilingual (English/Spanish) exhibit that gives visitors the opportunity to explore how energy from sources like wind, water and sun can support our daily energy needs. Using energy to efficiently power our lights, TVs, heaters, toys and more requires engineering, innovation and creativity. Renewable Energy/Energia Renovable is presented by Portland General Electric, Iberdrola Renewables, and Vestas.
Science Playground A colorful, vibrant place designed for children in preschool and kindergarten. At Sandland you’ll find buckets, shovels and more — plus special activity panels and machines to explore the physics of sand. Share books, play with puppets and explore materials designed to foster early literacy in our Reading Area. Explore the science of liquid in our new Water Area. Splashing is encouraged and child - and adult-sized aprons are available. Discover nature from an animal’s point of view in the bilingual (English/Spanish) exhibit Animal Secrets: Explore Nature Together!/Secretos de los Animales: ¡Exploremos la Naturaleza Juntos! Kids can crawl through the roots of a giant tree, venture into a cave, explore a hollow log and investigate naturalists’ tools in this fun-filled exhibit. ATTENTION TITLE ONE SCHOOLS: We will be offering a deeply discounted museum admission rate for all preregistered Title One schools between October 2–November 16, 2012: $3/student; $3/chaperone; teachers free.
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