When: May 29–October 3, 2004
Where: Nashville, TN
Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)

V I S I O N, a traveling exhibit on eye-brain coordination and research into protecting sight, is visiting the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The exhibit explains how the eye focuses light, how we perceive motion and color, and how the brain processes visual information into a meaningful picture.

V I S I O N was developed as part of the NEI抯 25th anniversary celebration. The 2,000-square-foot exhibit illustrates how the eye and brain work together to create vision and how researchers are developing ways to protect our sight from visual disorders and diseases. The exhibit includes 10 interactive modules developed by the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Since the exhibit was launched in 1993, it has visited science museums in 30 cities and been seen by more than 5 million visitors.

Next Steps
Visitors can see the exhibit Monday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m.�00 p.m. and
Sunday 12:30 p.m.�30 p.m. Find more information on the V I S I O N exhibit Web site at www.nei.nih.gov/education/visionexhibit/index.asp or visit the Adventure Science Center Web site at www.adventuresci.com, or call the center at (615) 862-5160.

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