Exhibits Visitors Love!

Contraptions A to Z: It’s art. It’s science.  It’s history. It’s Contraptions A to Z—26 individual experiences, each of which embodies a letter of the alphabet in a unique, whimsical way. A Frog Flings a Frypan. Don Quixote Quizzes a pond full of Quackers. Mice run amuck in a Machine shop. And you won’t believe Kitchen Klutter! MORE >

Garden of Gizmos: Giant murals enclose a garden like no other, where flowers dance and a stream of beads flows to a fountain of ropes. Kids chase a groundhog around its own garden, harvest vegetables and dance with date palms.  Overhead,  a rainbow of doves do the wave and a giant flower made of umbrellas blooms. MORE >

Color Play turns basic physics into hands-on fun. The large-scale centerpiece is the Color Playhouse, where colors change, rainbows rotate and surprises appear before your eyes.  You won’t believe how many ways there are to play with color. MORE >