NEW - MindWorks

Opening in time for the Spring schools holidays, 'MindWorks' is a brand new exhibition on Floor 3 of the Science Mall!

'MindWorks' is full of mindboggling illusions, mystifying tricks of the mind and lots of hands-on exhibits that will make you question what you’re seeing. It lets you explore the way your mind perceives the world around you and start to understand how your brain works.

Magic meets science in the ‘MindWorks’ zone where you will find mind-benders of all sorts like the Vortex tunnel, Ames Room and the Phantom Hand! Take a walk through the Vortex Tunnel and experience how what you see affects your balance - guaranteed to get you in a spin. Visit the Ames Room and instantly transform into a towering giant or little person. This optical illusion, which has been used in films like the Lord of The Rings Trilogy, is created through a trick of perspective in a distorted room. The Phantom Hand is a very striking illusion as you become convinced that you can feel a rubber hand being touched just as if it were your own.

There are also fun games, mesmerizing audio and visual illusions and much, much more.