Exhibit Essentials
- Ages:
- This exhibit is suitable for all ages.
- Location:
- Lower Level, Lower Court West
Museum Map - Tickets:
- Included with General Admission
For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of explorers, scientists and travelers. Its starkly beautiful landscape, extraordinary wildlife, and bitter climate are just the beginning of the wonders this amazing continent holds.
Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey is an exhibition that features 50 color and black-and-white photographs taken by photographer Joan Myers over several trips to Antarctica. Her work juxtaposes highly detailed panoramas of Antarctica's beauty with scenes of its wildlife, people, and historic sites, and it is supplemented by her compelling personal stories of what she describes as the world’s "most hostile continent."
Wondrous Cold, an exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), has been made possible through the generous support of Quark Expeditions.
B-R-R-Related Activities
How To
- Make Ice Cream
- No need for the freezer, you'll learn about freezing and melting in this activity.
How To
- Get the Porridge Just Right
- Learn about thermal energy while making porridge in this activity.
- Museum Hours
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- Daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Open daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas
- Museum Location
- Getting Here
about the museum
The Museum of Science and Industry opened its doors in 1933 and is the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere.