Science Exhibits
NOW SHOWING
Sonic Sensation
(September 7, 2024 – January 5, 2025)
Create sound waves in a tube. Match mystery sounds. Test your hearing. Sort high and low pitches on a turntable. Can you locate a cricket and cat in a kitchen just by listening? Mix a soundtrack. Launch a sound wave toward an eardrum. How many decibels can you produce with your own voice? Team up and let out a roar in the Scream Chamber!
PNC Live Animal Gallery
Encounter the variety of animal life inhabiting our planet, including: reptiles, mammals, amphibians, birds, fish, and insects. Massive wall displays illustrate the diversity of fauna and flora right here in the Carolinas, from the mountains, down through the piedmont, and out to the coastal plain. Interact gently with a changing variety of Atlantic Ocean sea creatures including fish, spider crabs, hermit crabs, sea urchins and more. Museum assistants are here to answer questions and conduct Live Animal Encounters for visiting groups.
Permanent Collection
Marvel at the magic of Amazing Airways as colorful balls and scarves whoosh through a tangle of tubes and turns in a massive pneumatic air system. Explore the universe in our astronomy and space science gallery. Play in our second floor KidZeum of traditional children’s museum exhibits: doctor’s office, puppet theater, farmers market and kitchen, kid-sized crawl-in bee hive, BEAM interactive floor game system, Imagination Playground giant foam blocks, and more!
