Brain: The Inside Story Programs

BRAINFest!

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Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, first floor

Ticket Info

Free with Museum admission

Celebrate gray matter at BRAINFest! Learn how the brain thinks, processes sensory information, and perceives the world. Imagine how advances in artificial intelligence and robotic technology will change life in the future. Have fun improving your memory, confusing your senses, and testing your abilities through various games, puzzles, and other activities.


MILSTEIN HALL OF OCEAN LIFE, ON THE BALCONY

ANATOMY
Do you know the different parts of your brain? Do you know what they do?  Check out 3D brain puzzles and models to learn which parts of your brain you share with lizards and which parts make you human.

EMOTIONS AND DECISION-MAKING
How is the brain influenced by emotions? And what role do emotions play in the decisions we make?  Find out how they are connected.

MEMORY AND LEARNING
How do practice and planning help the brain learn? Try your hand at memory games and brain teasers and learn how to keep your mind sharp!

TRICK YOUR SENSES
Learn how your senses help you understand the world around you through a variety of optical illusions and experiments using everyday items such as gumdrops, mirrors, and paper clips.

MILSTEIN HALL OF OCEAN LIFE, LOWER LEVEL

BRAIN IN MOTION
How good is your coordination? By playing ping-pong you will learn how the eyes and hands work together using messages sent from the brain.

BRAIN AND TECHNOLOGY
Catch a glimpse of future technology. Meet wakamaru, a robot that talks. Try robotic instruments that send musical messages through a slinky and slime. Witness emergency rescue robots in action and try your hand at brain wave games.

SPITZER HALL OF HUMAN ORIGINS, SACKLER LAB

IN THE LAB
How do scientists study the brain? View and compare the brains of different animals, learn about how genes work in the brain, and look at neurons under a microscope.

Thank You

Benjamin and Daniel Altschuler; Dr. Eric Altschuler, New Jersey Medical School; Taeko Baba, New York-Tokyo, LLC; Rudy Bellani; Brad and Brandon Belle; Jonathan Bricklin, SPiN New York; Roman Corfas ; Mark Croiteroo; Lindsay Dick; Dora Kurmay; Dave Lenowitz, Design Education Foundation; Melinda Miller; The Sackler Brain Bench; Sean Montgomery; Arif T. Ozgelen, Simon Parsons, and Elizabeth Sklar, Research Foundation of CUNY; Bijan Pesaran, Center for Neuroeconomics, NYU; Daniel Piccioto; Marty Reisman; Kelley Remole; The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives; Eric Singer, LEMUR; Clare Walton; All the Museum staff and volunteer

Brain: The Inside Story is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, (www.amnh.org) in collaboration with Codice. Idee per la cultura, Torino, Italy in association with Comune di Milano - Assessorato Cultura, Italy; Guangdong Science Center, Guangzhou, China; and Parque de las Ciencias, Granada, Spain.

Generous support for Brain: The Inside Story has been provided by The Eileen P. Bernard Exhibition Fund

Susan W. Dryfoos and the JRS Dryfoos Charitable Lead Trust

Virginia Hearst Randt and Dana Randt

The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc.

Mary and David Solomon

Additional support for the Brain: The Inside Story and its related educational programming has been provided by Roche.

part of the Museum’s Sackler Educational Laboratory, in the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, offers programs and resources that illuminate the extraordinary workings of the human brain.