Brazilian Rainforest Theater
Opened October 2008

Beware the giant anthill has you duck beneath lush foliage and enter the heart of a Brazilian Rainforest, our newest exhibit on the second floor of the Gilbert House. Gorgeous murals frame the stage and a brilliant waterfall creates the perfect backdrop for performers. A camera and TV screen allow actors to watch their performances as they happen. Costumes include animal-print capes, safari hats, and more to help visitors create open-ended adventures.

Recollections
Opened June 2008

Recollections is a colorful, dazzling projection that allows visitors to create vivid, full-size, time-delayed images of themselves. Combining computer technology, a color camera, a large screen projector, and a special retro-reflective screen, artist/software designer Ed Tannenbaum has created an environment that allows the user to explore time and motion in beautiful colors. Over 256 colors can be displayed on the screen at one time as visitors move and become part of a work of art. Photo by Ron Cooper.

Undersea Cave of Frozen Shadows
Opened June 2008

This is the new and improved Shadow Room! Relocated to the Gilbert House and redesigned with marine murals and glowing jellyfish suspended from the ceiling, the Shadow Room remains a favorite exhibit. Press the flash button, walk over to the wall, pose, and, flash! your shadow remains on the wall. The material on the wall of our Shadow Room absorbs light energy and re-emits it for several seconds. Where you made a shadow, less light hits the wall and less light is re-emitted. Your shadow remains after you move away. Write your name or draw a picture with glow pens on the wall.

Go Figure!
Opened September 2007

Go Figure! features six gigantic storybooks that start at the top of the front stairs in the Gilbert House with Goldilocks and the Three Bears. As you walk in the bright, colorful room you are greeted by four large books: Frog and Toad Are Friends, The Quilt, Arthur's Pet Shop, and The Doorbell Rang. Each book component offers a fun, hands-on activity for children and information on the math connections for the adults.

Immerse yourself in the culture of today's Chinese children with this exhibit that features a photojournal wall of two Chinese girls, who were adopted into families from the United States from an orphanage in Beijing. With a pavilion, a character writing station, traditional costumes for dress-up, a popular Chinese game, and artifacts and music of the region, the exhibit provides many opportunities for exploration. A photomural depicting the Great Wall of China, a whimsical painted mural of pandas in a bamboo forest, and a mural of the countryside in China adorn the room's walls.