Please join us for a fun brain filled upcoming outreach event called, "Spotlight Science: Brain Power" at the Bell Museum on Saturday, November 18th from 10 am to 2 pm.
Spotlight Science: Brain Power
Date: Saturday, November 18
Start/end time: 10 am - 2 pm
Description: Spotlight Science is a regular program connecting you to current science conducted at the University of Minnesota and in our community. Join researchers, students, and special guests for conversations and unique interactive experiences. Connect with researchers from the University of Minnesota who will showcase their exciting work in brain science through a day of demonstrations and exciting hands-on activities. Explore what the brain does and how it changes over a lifetime. See a human brain and investigate the anatomy of other animal brains.
Mysteries of Your Brain Special showings of the Bell Museum original planetarium film, Mysteries of Your Brain, will take place in the planetarium at 1:30 pm. The show is recommended for audiences 8 years and older. Admission to the planetarium is a separate ticket, which people can purchase onsite, online, or over the phone. Visitors will receive a physical ticket for planetarium entry. The rest of the Spotlight Science event is part of regular admission.
Instructions to Purchasing a Planetarium Ticket: There are a few ways to get to the page https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/admissions/, the easiest way is clicking "Plan Your Visit" on the homepage. (It's also linked on the bottom of the Spotlight Science: Brain Power event page.) From there, scroll down to the "Tickets" section to purchase tickets in advance by phone or online. Clicking to the online method will give the option to purchase only museum admission, or the combo of museum and planetarium admission. You can scroll through the dates or search for 11/18 at the top of the page.
About the Show: Mysteries of Your Brain takes you on an immersive, animated adventure into the human brain, exploring how the brain works and what makes human brains so special. Your tour guides on this journey are a curious girl and her crow companion—together you’ll zoom along the paths of neurons, fly through brains and experience illusions on a grand scale. You’ll learn how your brain makes you you and that, ultimately, we each have the power to change our brains. This is an in-person event at the Bell Museum.
Activities and events will be held throughout the museum and are included in the cost of regular admission. Tickets for Mysteries of Your Brain may be purchased online or at the Ticketing Desk.
Event sponsors: MnDRIVE Brain Conditions UMN GPN Neuroscience UMN Clinical Neurosciences UMN Department of Psychology UMN Medical School Creativity Central and RAD Lab Go4Brains Medical Discovery Team on Addiction/The Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction UMN Department of Neuroscience Growing Brains UMN Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UMN Neuronetworks Tri-Psych
