How do you do what you do? Each active figure illustrates a different body system.
In the "Bone Gym," visitors work out while a skeleton mirrors their movements.
Pump a giant heart. A speedometer reveals how your own heart works during different activities.
Muscles in motion—opposable muscles work together to move an arm.
A reverent display from the University Hospital collection shows fetal development.
Think you can drive drunk? Think again. This simulator shows how drinking impairs our motor control.
Use software to speculate on how you might look as you grow older.
Use the mouse to scroll through the gallery.
Louisville Science Center:
The World Within Us
The World Within Us
LOUISVILLE, KY
Health is in your hands. Over 70 interactive exhibits focus on people, the choices they make, and how those decisions affect their health and well-being. The exhibits separate human health issues into three distinct galleries to work with the challenges of the Center’s historic waterfront building. “BodyWatch” introduces how the human body works, “TimeZone” investigates health issues throughout life and “Breakthrough” gallery contains changing exhibits that explore the latest healthcare discoveries and innovations made in Louisville.
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10,500 sq. ft.
Opened March 2001
CREDITS
Exhibit Development
Louisville Science Center
West Office Exhibition Design
Exhibit Fabrication
Design Craftsmen
AV Hardware Integration
Video Solutions, Inc.
AV Software Production
The Chedd–Angier Production Company
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The key words are hands-on and interactive—and of course fun.
—Ken Neuhauser
The Courier–Journal
The Courier–Journal