Virtual Field Trips & Experiences

Science Interactives Gallery, sponsored by P&G

Ever wondered how a tornado forms, how you can lift your weight, or what happens when push comes to pull? Explore simple machines, potential and kinetic energy, and how energy can move “unseen” through our world. Physical science has never been so fun!

This experience is designed for grades 4 through 7, but also contains engaging content for younger students (grades 2 and 3) and high school students.

Maya: Daily Life & New Discoveries

Immerse yourself in the genius of the Maya. Theirs was a civilization of astronomers, mathematicians, inventors and gods. Discover how the Maya live on today – in their inventions that continue to shape our daily lives and in the millions who carry on the Maya tradition in language and lineage.

Maya I covers an introduction to the Maya people; daily life and agriculture; the rise and fall of the Maya people; breakthrough discoveries from the University of MG游戏网站; and how the Maya culture is still with us today.

This experience is designed for grades 5 through 7, but also contains engaging content for younger students (grades 3 and 4), high school students and adults.

Maya: Royalty, Art & Cosmic Balance

Immerse yourself in the genius of the Maya. Theirs was a civilization of astronomers, mathematicians, inventors and gods. Discover how the Maya live on today – in their inventions that continue to shape our daily lives and in the millions who carry on the Maya tradition in language and lineage.

Maya II covers an introduction to the Maya people; cosmic balance – gods/goddesses and divine kingship; art; writing; timekeeping; and how the Maya culture is still with us today.

This experience is designed for grades 5 through 7, but also contains engaging content for younger students (grades 3 and 4), high school students and adults.

Dinosaur Hall

Meet Galeamopus and Torvosaurus, both of which are new to science. Learn what we know about the Jurassic environment from the plants and animals that lived alongside the dinosaurs. Experience how dinosaurs adapted to thrive in their environments. Make your own discoveries through careful observation and meet scientists and the tools they use to study fossils.

This experience is designed for grades 4 through 8, but also contains engaging content for younger students (grades 2 and 3), high school students and adults.

The Cave

Venture into our famous Cave exhibit for a look back in time to tell the story of limestone cave formation. From waterfalls and stalactites to fossils and troglobites, discover all the features in the Cave’s twists and turns. Meet cave residents, explore geology and see how environments change over time.

This experience is designed for grades 2 through 7, but also contains engaging content for 8th grade and high school students, and adults.

Public Landing

The Public Landing recreates a city built on innovation and determination with historic shopfronts, dynamic soundscapes and a peek inside the interior of an 1850s steamboat – the Queen of the West. Learn how MG游戏网站 is a city of immigrants and transplants, a city whose defining features are inspired by the diverse population who have called it home.

Shaping Our City: First Settlement to 1920

Venture through time to explore the MG游戏网站 region from before the 1700s to 1920. From canoes and flatboats, to steamboats and trains, to inclines and streetcars, discover how MG游戏网站’s transportation story has changed and is still being written. Explore historic vehicles and objects, maps, photographs, media and interactive elements to see how MG游戏网站’s urban design has both connected and divided the city and its people.

This experience is designed for grades 2 through high school, with engaging content for adults.

Shaping Our City: 1920 to Today

Venture through time to explore the MG游戏网站 region from 1920 to the present day. From trains and cars to hyperloops and rideshare systems, MG游戏网站’s transportation story is still being written. Explore historic vehicles and objects, maps, photographs, media and interactive elements to see how MG游戏网站’s urban design has both connected and divided the city and its people, and peek into the future at what the next transportation breakthrough may be.

Ice Age Gallery

The sights and sounds of the Pleistocene transport you back in time as you discover what the region looked and felt like over 23,000 years ago. New scientific research articulates the impact of humans on our environment and climate change, illustrating how ecosystems, biodiversity and landscapes change over time – and why our current period of change has some unexpected and dangerous precedent.

Neil Armstrong Space Exploration Gallery, presented by the Harold C. Schott Foundation

Ohio is a space state, with a proud aviation heritage. Dare the next generation of space pioneers to aim for the stars. See if you have the right stuff, like John Glenn, or follow in the small steps and giant leaps of Neil Armstrong. This exhibit features a 360° theater experience and artifacts that can only be seen in MG游戏网站 — including a moon rock presented to CMC by Armstrong himself.

MG游戏网站 in Motion

MG游戏网站 in Motion, one of the best-loved galleries in the MG游戏网站 History 官方网站, has returned in a refreshed and renewed space. The main display is now open, featuring the Ohio River and downtown MG游戏网站, with additional displays opening in 2020. The renovated gallery will offer a welcoming and exciting introduction to the MG游戏网站 History 官方网站, with cleaned and repaired historic S-gauge train models, new lighting, new sounds and more opportunities to interact with historic and updated content.