V I S I O N Traveling Exhibit in South Dakota

When and Where: March 20 - July 19, 2003: Children's Science Center, Rapid City, SD; July 25 - January 5, 2004: South Dakota Discovery Center and Aquarium, Pierre, SD
Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)

The NEI's V I S I O N traveling exhibit will be on display in South Dakota from March 2003 through January 2004. V I S I O N was developed as part of NEI's 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. These modules demonstrate how the eye focuses light, how we perceive motion and color, and how the brain processes visual information into a meaningful picture.

Since the exhibit tour was launched in 1993, V I S I O N has visited science museums in 26 cities and been seen by more than 4 million visitors.

Next steps:
The public can visit the exhibit at the Children's Science Center, www.hpcnet.org/sdsmt/csc, and the South Dakota Discovery Center and Aquarium, www.sd-discovery.com.

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