At the end of August I visited the Orlando Science Center (which is located across from the Orlando Museum of Art). It was the end of an exhibit called the “Hall of Heroes”. Being a bit of a DC Comics nerd (not as much as some) I had to go see this exhibit. My boyfriend, also being a Superhero nerd, came along (and wore a batman shirt no less. I on the other hand came from work so was not so fortunate to dress for the occasion).
If you read my post about OMoA, you know that I like interactive exhibits at museums. This Hall of Heroes, and all of the Science Center, completely exceeded my expectation for interaction. While the heroes exhibit had displays more geared for little feet it also had a ton made for us taller people too. There was a wind tunnel, a place to test if you had “super human” strength (I unfortunately only have normal human strength, which is only sometimes capable of opening a beer) and even a display to create your own stop motion video with super hero figures! Of course there were also some amazing pieces in the Hall of Heroes Exhibit on display, such as, first editions of comics, life size figurines, and even the Batmobile (well, half of the Batmobile). This exhibit totally got me in touch with my nerd side and I even got to bond with Batman over brooding.
The Kinetic Zone – Orlando Science Center
Then there was the Kinetic Zone. This is where you can try out all these different methods of making things move. They had experiments to test your understanding and limits on pulley systems, magnets, electricity, gravity, all different types of kinetic energy! My favorite part of that was probably building a little paper rocket (and then shooting it off through the pressure build up of air)! The only thing that could’ve made that exhibit better was a Bill Nye video playing at every station.
Finally, would I really have gone to a science center if I didn’t see dinosaur bones? I mean, common.
