Please join us for a fun brain filled upcoming outreach event called, "Spotlight Science: Brain Power" at the Bell Museum on Saturday, March 15th from 10 am to 2 pm.
Spotlight Science: Brain Power - Brain Awareness Week
Date: Saturday, March 15th, 2025
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 03/15 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 Department of Neurology
UMN Department of Neuroscience
UMN Medical School
MINDS
UMN Department of Psychology
Creativity Central and RAD Lab
UMN Clinical Neurosciences
Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain/Extension and CEEd Hub
Go4Brains
UMN GPN Neuroscience
Tri-Psych Queer Affinity Group
Growing Brains
UMN Neuronetwork
UMN Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UMN Anatomy Bequest Program
