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About the Exhibit
You’ve never seen our collection like this.Keep your hands to yourself? Not in here! The Grainger Science Hub is your chance to get up close and personal with the museum’s huge collection.
With more than 40 million items in our collections, less than one percent is on display. So we pick some of our favorites and move them to the Science Hub…for a limited time only.
Take a closer look: touch select specimens, get a feel for the tools we use in our research, explore new discoveries with educators, and talk with an educator to learn more about the items on display. There’s something new to check out every time you visit.
During your visit to the Science Hub, get a close look at specimens from our collections.
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Look beyond our permanent exhibitions and see what our scientists are up to in regularly changing displays.
Exhibition highlights:
- Hand-picked selections brought from behind closed doors
- Specimens you can touch
- Educators on hand to answer questions
- Rotating exhibits about our scientific research
Exploring the Deep Sea
See what it’s like to travel thousands of feet underwater to explore life at the bottom of the ocean. There’s still so much we don’t know about the deep sea, but Field scientist Janet Voight is learning more about the octopuses that live there. Find out about a surprising discovery she made and see an unusual octopus and other deep sea creatures.
Trackways
What can we learn from a footprint? Quite a lot, actually! Trackways—including fossil footprints—can tell scientists about environments and the animals that lived there. Follow in the footsteps of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures from Antarctica and across the United States. Then, test your knowledge by identifying animals based on their tracks.