Gallery Descriptions
Exploration Gallery
Shake in an earthquake, see under the sea, and use the gadgets that take us to places we have only been able to imagine.
Green by Design
Learn about renewable energy sources, and how to harness and use energy more efficiently by visiting Green by Design. Hands-on experiences will show you how powerful wind, water and the sun can be! Go green!
IDEA House
Innovation. Design. Exploration. Activities. Cultivate your inner inventor at IDEA House. IDEA House is a highly interactive program space offering a range of activities that encourages idea generation and innovation in your daily life.
Innovation Gallery
Become a Silicon Valley-style innovator. Use the inventions that made the area world-famous to design your own rollercoaster, build a microchip, and get a futuristic self-portrait with a 3-D laser scanner.
Life Tech Gallery
Experience the "how" of machines that keep us alive and explore technologies which enhance human performance. Ponder the debate about the applications and ethics in biotechnology.
NetPl@net
Try your strength in a virtual Arm Wrestle against museum visitors in New York or Alaska. Create your own character and chat online in a 3D world, publish your own webpage with pictures from your visit, tour the globe with worldwide webcams, and so much more!
The Spirit of American Innovation
Learn more about The National Medal of Technology and the Laureates who have received it! This permanent exhibit is now open in the building and online.
The Tech Virtual Test Zone
This gallery showcases the world's first hands-on, interactive exhibits conceptualized and developed originally in the virtual world of Second Life by people from all over the world. Exhibits feature the theme of Art, Film & Music.