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Experience the wonder and excitement of science!
WonderLab has two floors of hands-on exhibit galleries and more exhibits outside in the museum's garden. Come experiment, create, design, observe, discover.
. . and have fun!
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS
WHOOSH! Amazing Air
November 15, 2011 – May 13, 2012
Who knew air could be such a blast? Discover the fun-tastic properties of air through play. Each part of the exhibition demonstrates how air moves and affects objects in its path. The interactive exhibition supports Indiana Academic Standards for science content and process skills.
Sassy Quilting by Shiisa Quilts Staff
February 18 - March 13
A diverse collection of quilts made by the staff of Shiisa Quilts in Bloomington and on display during the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show.
THE EXHIBIT GALLERIES
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The Water Works offers multiple ways to explore the movement of water. Features include a vortex, you-build-it channel and pipe systems, a pour and explore basin, and a laminar lifter that uses water to shoot balls high into the air! |
Upon entering the building, visitors will encounter the Cosmic Dance, composed of five translucent floor panels which briefly light up as cosmic ray particles hit them from outer space. |
The museum's garden provides opportunities to explore nature in different seasons and features the permanent exhibits Rock Music (above) and Solar Power. |
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The exhibit galleries include a special enclosed area on the first floor with science adventures for toddlers and preschool-age children. This includes treehouses, caves, a mirror tunnel, live animals and the nearby Water Works. |
Explore properties of light through the interactive exhibits Colored Shadows and Frozen Shadows in a special alcove on the second floor. |
For many visitors, the highlight of their visit is the Grapevine Climber, a dramatic two-story maze with whimsical leaf-like pads which provide a change of perspective as one goes to higher levels. |
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The Bubble-Airium on the first floor is another favorite destination in the museum. It provides unexpected ways of using bubbles to explore concepts of geometry and science concepts. |
WonderLab's second floor is home to live insects, reptiles, amphibians, fish, coral and more! A special exhibit, simulating a tree trunk, allows visitors to see inside a working bee hive! |
The nearby fossil dig has real Indiana fossils waiting to be discovered among the rocky beds. |
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No science museum located in a music-loving town like Bloomington would be complete without a collection of exhibits that examines the science of sound. Check it out on the second floor! |
What could be more fascinating than exploring how things work in the world around you? Investigate light, color, electricity, magnetism, gravity, kinetic energy and more by playing with hands-on exhibits throughout the museum. |
Also on the second floor is a rotating collection of exhibits related to health and the human body. Among these is an exhibit where visitors strive to improve their vertical leaping ability. |
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Get excited about electricity and magnetism!
Enter a liquid laboratory of rainbow colors and surprising shapes. You'll love this "pop science"! Create giant flowing bubbles, put your hand through a bubble wall and blow bubbles of many shapes and sizes as you investigate math and science concepts such as geometry, surface tension, density, light and color.
Discover cosmic rays, which continually rain down on us from outer space.
Get a bug's-eye view of the world as you wind your way through a dramatic two-story climbing maze of leaf-shaped pads.
A world of age-appropriate adventures awaits the youngest scientists, from the bubbling waters of the stream table to the surprises inside the crawl caves. This special area is reserved for toddlers, preschool-age children, kindergarteners and their caregivers.
Dig into fossil evidence of southern Indiana's ancient, watery environment. Observe and interact with a changing selection of live microorganisms, insects, reptiles, amphibians and spiders.