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Exhibits

The Art of the
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Bicycle
This fascinating exhibit
explores the pioneering
evolution of the bicycle
over the last 200 years.
Ships Through
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the Ages
Here, model ships chart
marine transportation from
Egyptian sailboats through
to modern ocean liners.
Highlights include scale
versions of Christopher
Transportation Gallery Columbus’s three ships.
The Swiss Jolly Ball
Transportation Gallery
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The world’s largest pinball
A full-size Boeing 727 and a
British World War II fighter plane machine has been here since 1998.
dangle dramatically above a steam Watch the pinball race through
locomotive and the world’s fastest Swiss-themed scenery and admire
land vehicle, while visitors explore its complicated mechanics.
the forces of flight via engaging
Communications Zone
computer games and videos. 9
The Whispering Gallery shows
U-505
2 how sound waves make the faintest
whisper audible at the other end of a
Artifacts, archival footage,
and interactive challenges bring to room, while THINK explores the
life this restored U-505 German working relationship between people
submarine. Optional on-board and technology.
tours of the boat are available. Poop Happens
Genetics and the Baby
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In this one-of-a-kind science
Chick Hatchery
theater show, viewers follow food
Explore the complex and right the way through the digestive
controversial world of genetics process, from the mouth to the
and genetic engineering and learn stomach – and beyond.
how cloning is possible, while
viewing real cloned mice. 4 3 1
Museum
Farm Tech
4 Floorplan
Learn about life on
today’s farms and the modern
technologies that get food from the
field to your table. Children can 6 8
ride in a real combine and take 2 9
part in a cow-milking challenge.
Networld
5 7
The world of cyberspace
comes alive here via educational
yet fun hands-on displays. 0 5
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