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Animation (Temporary Exhibit): Cartooning may seem like child's play, but in reality animators are hardly clowning around. Constructing a functional series of moving images requires an understanding of geometry, physics, and computer technology—not to mention creativity and talent. In this temporary interactive exhibit appropriate ... (details).

Baseball As America (Temporary Exhibit): The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York presents over 500 artifacts to tell baseball's story, painting a thorough portrait of a game that is intertwined with a nation's history and culture. Visitors can get an up-close view of treasured memorabilia tracing the history of ... (details).

Cells (Exhibit): Cells are the building blocks of life. With microscopes, video, and enlarged models, visitors to this exhibit can take a journey into the microscopic world of cells. As the basic unit of life, cells must perform an amazing array of tasks. The structure of a cell corresponds to its function, so each ... (details).

Colossal (Temporary Exhibit): Bradford Washburn's career as an aerial landscape photographer spanned six decades; his service as the director of the Museum of Science, Boston lasted 40 years. Now, rediscover the man and his images in a grand new way. Panopticon Gallery has created a traveling exhibition featuring 20 of Washburn's ... (details).

CSI: The Experience (Temporary Exhibit): Take on the role of a crime scene investigator in this interactive exhibit that immerses visitors in simulated crime scenes and laboratories. Based on the hit CBS television franchise CSI, the exhibit features cutting-edge technology straight from the crime lab, offering a fascinating look into forensic ... (details).

Darwin (Temporary Exhibit): Nearly 150 years after Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, his theory of evolution by natural selection continues to be the central concept underlying all of modern biology. In Darwin, the most in-depth exhibition ever mounted on the highly original naturalist and his groundbreaking theory, ... (details).

Discovering Chimpanzees: The Remarkable World of Jane Goodall (Temporary Exhibit): Since 1964, Jane Goodall has studied and interpreted the behavior and social structure of chimpanzees in Tanzania, revealing an astounding number of similarities between these primates and humans -- and in the process turning our idea of what it means to be human upside down. This exhibit allows visitors ... (details).

Double Exposure: Photographing Global Climate Change (Temporary Exhibit): Leading the Museum of Science was one way founding director Bradford Washburn shared his love of learning; his photographs were another. Beginning in the 1930s, Washburn shot over 8,000 black-and-white photos of mountains and glaciers as he suspended his aerial camera from planes and shot rolls of eight-inch film ... (details).

Earth: Inside Out (Exhibit): The ground that we see everyday may appear stable, but it is actually only a small part of our ever-changing planet. In this exhibit, take a journey from the outer Earth we know to explore the processes hidden beneath its crust. Explore the mechanics of plate tectonics and discover that the surface of our planet is an evolving one ... (details).

Goose Bumps! The Science of Fear (Temporary Exhibit): Curious about coulrophobia, pyrophobia, or aviophobia (the fear of clowns, fire, and flying)? Want to know why your adrenaline system kicks into overdrive when you are afraid, causing your breath to quicken, your heart to race, and the hairs on your skin to stand on end? Discover the answers and more ... (details).

Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS 2 (Temporary Exhibit): The BODY WORLDS exhibitions are first-of-their-kind exhibitions through which visitors learn about anatomy, physiology, and health by viewing real human bodies, using an extraordinary process called Plastination a groundbreaking method for specimen preservation invented by Dr. von Hagens in 1977. The ... (details).

Lizards & Snakes: Alive! (Temporary Exhibit): More diverse than mammals and as old as the dinosaurs, squamates — the order of legged and legless lizards — are found almost everywhere on Earth, from harsh deserts to lush rainforests. As they have adapted to life in many different environments, squamates have evolved extremely varied characteristics: ... (details).

Robots and Us (Temporary Exhibit): No matter what its shape or size, a robot is any mechanical device capable of carrying out preprogrammed physical tasks. Humans use robots all the time, often to perform activities that are too dangerous or difficult to implement directly (like working in outer space), or to provide an efficient means ... (details).

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination (Temporary Exhibit): Supported by the National Science Foundation and making its world premiere at the Museum of Science, Boston, on October 27, 2005, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination will use all six Star Wars films as a gateway to examining technologies of today and tomorrow. Exhibit visitors will encounter ... (details).

Transition Roadable Aircraft (Temporary Exhibit): Move over, George Jetson; the Transition is a real, drivable plane that is now being tested on a road — or sky — near you. Developed by Terrafugia, Inc. in Woburn, Massachusetts, this light sport aircraft can fold its wings after landing, drive on the highway, and park in a standard garage ... (details).

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