V I S I O N Traveling Exhibit in South Dakota When: September 14, 2003January 12, 2004 and January 31May 16, 2004 Where: Pierre, SD; Sioux Falls, SD Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI) The NEI’s VISION traveling exhibit continues its tour in South Dakota through May 2004. The 2,000-square-foot exhibit was developed as part of NEI’s 25th anniversary celebration. It 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, CA. 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, VISION has visited science museums in 29 cities and drawn more than 5 million visitors. Next Steps Visit the exhibit at the South Dakota Discovery Center and Aquarium (www.sd-discovery.com) through January 12, 2004, then at the Kirby Science Discovery Center (www.washingtonpavilion.org/ScienceDiscoveryCenter/Index.cfm) from January 31 through May 16, 2004.
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