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Our newest permanent exhibit represents the next stage in the ever-evolving Museum of Science: a blending of experiential learning opportunities with awe-inspiring immersive environments, developed in collaboration with our partner, Moment Factory.
As you enter Arctic Adventure from the Blue Wing, you’re not simply told about the Arctic—you’ll feel it. The region comes to life in front of you, with digitally immersive sights and sounds including a touchable wall of real ice. The exhibit’s engaging experiences invite you to be an active participant. Become an Arctic researcher as you use technology (including ground-penetrating radar and ice core drills) to explore our changing environment. The exhibition itself changes, too. Lighting hues mimic the Sun’s motion over the course of the day. The scenery, and the animals you find in it, vary with the seasons.
This experience also illuminates the many ways our global climate is changing. Learn how 800,000 years of climate history are recorded in the ice, and how animal behaviors are changing as they face unprecedented warming in the Arctic.
Our newest permanent exhibit represents the next stage in the ever-evolving Museum of Science: a blending of experiential learning opportunities with awe-inspiring immersive environments, developed in collaboration with our partner, Moment Factory.
As you enter Arctic Adventure from the Blue Wing, you’re not simply told about the Arctic—you’ll feel it. The region comes to life in front of you, with digitally immersive sights and sounds including a touchable wall of real ice. The exhibit’s engaging experiences invite you to be an active participant. Become an Arctic researcher as you use technology (including ground-penetrating radar and ice core drills) to explore our changing environment. The exhibition itself changes, too. Lighting hues mimic the Sun’s motion over the course of the day. The scenery, and the animals you find in it, vary with the seasons.
This experience also illuminates the many ways our global climate is changing. Learn how 800,000 years of climate history are recorded in the ice, and how animal behaviors are changing as they face unprecedented warming in the Arctic.
Included with Exhibit Halls admission
Blue Wing, Level 1, Museum Map
Ages 10 and up
Welcome to a world of ice. Engage all your senses with the feel of cold ice, the sound of cracking ice, and blowing wind. Was that the cry of a fox? Maybe you can catch sight of it lingering in an ice cave. Your sled is packed with all the equipment you’ll need to explore the Arctic. Adventure awaits just around the corner!
Wander among a forest of illuminated ice core models in this open theater. Learn how bubbles of air get trapped in ice layers as they form. Try your hand at one of two drills used to extract an ice core. Watch a video highlighting what scientists have learned from evidence in the ice about Earth’s climate history and the unprecedented changes occurring now.
Can you safely traverse a glacier while retrieving lost supplies? Work in pairs in this activity—the “trekker” controls a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) scanner while the “navigator” uses a satellite map to direct the trekker to buried materials. Try to return to base camp with your essentials before a blizzard arrives!
