Mar 14 2008
Get Out There and Learn about DNA!
Fascinated by genetics? Curious about what the future of science will bring? Looking for a way to celebrate DNA Day on April 25? Here’s a list of museums from around the country with genetics themed exhibits. Drop us a line if there is one you know of one that we’ve missed!
- The Health Museum, Houston, TX is hosting “Genome: The Secret of How Life Works” from 2/2/08 to 5/4/08.
- The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA, is showing Genetics: Technology with a Twist. They also have an online exhibition Understanding Genetics.
- The Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York hosts several exhibitions on the subject of genetics. They also have Saturday DNA! – a series of classes and laboratory sessions for interested students.
- At the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, you’ll find Genetics: Decoding Life.
- Find out about the monk who started it all – Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics is at the Pink Palace Museum in Memphis, Tennessee from 2/2/08 until 4/27/08.
- The St. Louis Science Center has the DNA Zone Gallery.
- At The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia you can learn how genetics is just one aspect of making you you in the exhibit Identity: An Exhibition of You.
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There is a new exhibit opening at the Telus World of Science in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada this week.
It is a 2500 sq. ft., 3 million dollar exhibit that is launching a cross Canada tour on the 19th.
I’ve posted some pictures of it on our Picasa site at http://picasaweb.google.com/MikesGene and I’ll be taking more pictures at the opening and posting them later.
It is a highly interactive display co-produced by the Canadian Museum of Nature and Genome Canada so you can bet the quality and content will be top notch.
It will be on tour for some time to come so if you’re in Canada keep your eyes open for it.
Mike