Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination is returning in 2010 to continue its U.S. tour! This blockbuster traveling exhibition, presented by Bose Corporation, was developed by the Museum of Science in collaboration with Lucasfilm Ltd. More than 2 million visitors worldwide have experienced this exhibition. Join us in a city near you!
The exhibition will be on display at the following venues:
- Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska Spring 2010
- U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama Summer 2010
- Lafayette Science Museum, Lafayette, Louisiana Fall 2010
Future tour venues will be posted soon.
The first exhibition of its kind, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination combines costumes and props from all six Star Wars films with interactive exhibits related to real-world technologies. The exhibit is organized around two technology themes: "Getting Around" and "Robots and People."
Getting Around
Examine Luke Skywalker's original landspeeder from Star Wars: Episode IV, on public display for the first time, alongside scale models of X- and Y-wing starfighters. Then, find out how things move without touching the ground in the real world, from models of flying cars to commercial space planes.
Robots and People
Visitors meet C-3PO and R2-D2 and explore how people relate to the droids in Star Wars. The exhibition also features real-world robots that navigate and sense the world around them while communicating in increasingly sophisticated ways. These robots include the dinosaur-like Troody and a floor-vacuuming Roomba.
Millennium Falcon Experience
In a full-size replica of the cockpit of Episode IV's Millennium Falcon, visitors experience a virtual jump to lightspeed. Narrated by Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), this multimedia presentation explores what we know about our own galaxy in a breathtaking journey to the edge of the universe.
More Information
Education Enterprises
Museum of Science
Science Park
Boston, MA 02114
617-589-4289
educationenterprises@mos.org
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, presented by Bose Corporation, was developed by the Museum of Science, Boston and Lucasfilm Ltd. Star Wars objects in this exhibition are on loan from the Archives of Lucasfilm Ltd. This exhibition was made possible through the cooperation of Lucasfilm Ltd and is based upon work supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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