Museum Smilers . . .

Disease Detectives
Exhibit closes

January 31st, 2010

There is still time to experience this exhibit!

Parents and grandparents are finding it hard to drag their kids away from the new "Disease Detectives" exhibition on view at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven through Jan. 31st, 2010. Visitors meet Marcus, Adam and Yolanda, each of whom is sick with a different illness. One has the flu, another food poisoning and the third malaria. Visitors examine the patients--interactive mannequins--by taking their temperature and pulse rate and listening to their heart, lungs and bowels.


By interpreting laboratory tests and diagnosing each disease, visitors learn more about infectious disease transmission and prevention. Different clinical situations highlight the various ways that disease is transmitted. A historical timeline illustrates the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases. Larger-than-life 3D microbes invite visitors to touch, explore and learn more about a disease. And afterward you can play the microbe dance game.

For more information:
Disease Detectives
Yale Peabody Museum
InfoTape: (203) 432.5050

Admission and Hours

The Yale Peabody Museum is open:

Monday through Saturday

10 AM to 5 PM
Sunday

Noon to 5 PM

Admission Fees:
$7.00 Adults
$6.00 Senior citizens
65 years and over
$5.00 Children ages 3 through 18
College students with ID
$3.00 Group admission

The museum offers free individual admission on Thursday afternoons from 2 PM to 5 PM during the months of September to June. Groups of 8 or more require advance reservations.

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Amusement Park Science Exhibit

Discovery Museum

January 19th - April 18th, 2010

The Discovery Museum presents Amusement Park Science, an interactive exhibit that explores the physics behind the fun at amusement parks and features a look at the Bumper Blaster, hands-on with create-a-coaster and K'Nex area, a momentum machine and much more.

Bring the family and enjoy exploring the physics behind the fun at amusement parks.


Hours are:
Tuesday-Saturday
10 AM to 5 PM
Sunday
Noon to 5 PM
Admission is $7 and $8.50

For more information:

The Discovery Museum & Planetarium
4450 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Telephone: (203) 372-3521
www.discoverymuseum.org

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