miSci’s Model Trains Show features a 19 x 27-foot display that weaves through scenes of amusement parks, a vintage Plasticville town, and freight yards and depicts how trains transformed transportation and impacted the growth of the country. Passengers, freight, and more travel the main loop as vintage equipment loads logs onto the short line. The display includes lighting, working crossing gates, and more! On View Through January 19, 2025
Opens September 21st in miSci’s Changing Gallery! Explore the amazing sense of vision through mind-bending illusions, interactive activities, and groundbreaking imaging technology from miSci’s historic collections. Create your own illusions, freeze your shadow, see invisible energy, and discover all about light and sight. Created by miSci.
Explore the inspiration for the Capital Region’s most famous inventors and the people and moments that led them to a career in STEM. On View in miSci’s Lecture Gallery until winter of 2025.
What does it take to create an addictive and fun videogame? How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor? What goes behind creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills? Discover the secrets behind how videogame developers, music producers, roller coaster designers, and other creative problem solvers do what they do. Design Zone is an exciting interactive exhibition that highlights the importance of science and mathematical thinking in areas critical to building creativity and innovation: art, music, and engineering and presents the creative concepts behind the processes and tools needed to create a successful design. On view now in the Jane Golub Gallery
