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Located on the upper atrium, we have a flexible gallery space which allows for Imagination Station to continually offer its members and the community new and exciting traveling exhibits.  We will feature some of the best exhibitions from North America and some great experiences that we’ve created right here at Imagination Station.

May 29 – September 6, 2010

The BIG DIG is a mammoth exhibit stretching over 6,000 square feet, filled with tons and tons of prehistoric fun!

Visitors will have a chance to excavate their way through piles of shale, from right here in Northwest Ohio, in search of fossils that they can take home. Learn how to carefully extract real pieces of Earth’s history, preserved and waiting to be found by you.

A T-rex skull rests on a crate at the entrance to the Big Dig exhibit.

This sensory filled exhibition will have visitors of all ages challenging their knowledge of dinosaurs and prehistoric facts, reconstructing bones and fitting together missing pieces of those that roamed the earth so long ago.

Professional Sand Sculptor, Carl Jara, kicked off the BIG DIG, by carving a larger-than-life dinosaur sculpture out of 25 tons of sand. He created his masterpiece grand opening weekend, May 29-June 3, 2010.

With so many exciting opportunities to explore with your family, the BIG DIG is the place to bring the whole family for a fun-filled, educational trip down prehistoric lane.

Special Member’s Night – June 3 from 6:00-8:00pm

Sponsored by:

Wise About Eyes

Now through June 27, 2010

Wise About Eyes is designed to educate Ohio’s children and their caregivers about ways that they can keep their eyes healthy and safe. The exhibit is on display at Imagination Station through June 27, 2010.

Presented by Prevent Blindness Ohio and the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in partnership 
with the Ohio Association of School Nurses, the Opticians Association of Ohio, the Ohio Optometric Association, and the Ohio Ophthalmological Society. Funded by the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Child and Family Health Services, Save Our Sight Program.