Exhibit
Fabric Frontiers - Textiles and Technology
Through May 29, 2022 Meet the inventors and artisans behind the textile technology that made the modern world. Discover how a fad for fancy silks in 18th century France inspired the first computers. Learn how NASA turned to garment workers to send astronauts to the moon. Explore the evolution of cold weather clothing through the stories of three generations of Antarctic explorers. |
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Tech Tapestry - Threads of Invention
Through May 29, 2022 Textiles made the world we live in. Fabric technology has let humanity explore new frontiers, from the coldest depths of the Antarctic to the vacuum of space, to the digital sprawl of the internet. Follow the threads of invention as you meet the artisans and inventors who crafted the tapestry of modern technology. |
Join Tracey the pencil dog and her crew—Rooth, Drop, Inky, Uno, and Kari—on a fantastically immersive journey to create stories using science and imagination.
Dive into the world of storytelling and channel your creativity to develop your own animated production using storyboarding, sketching, stop-motion movie making, and more! The quirky cast of characters and hands-on interactives break down the process step-by-step to reveal how animated features are created. Animationland empowers visitors of all ages to experiment, learn, and tell their own stories through animation. This exhibition was created by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and is made possible through generous funding from Visit Gainesville, Alachua County. |
Mothers of Invention
Located along the Cade Museum's second floor rotunda Audio Tour Available Everyone says that necessity is the mother of invention, but at the Cade, we see inventions born from all of these Mothers of Invention: Necessity, Curiosity, Imagination, Iteration, and Serendipity. Around Rotunda, see examples of inventors who exemplify these concepts. Click the button below to read more about the exhibit and listen to the audio tour. |
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