Human

The concept puts the visitor at the centre of the experience, inviting them to reflect on their own body as the consequence of evolutionary development and to contemplate how their body has changed—and will continue to change—over the course of their lives. Visitors come to understand the scientific messaging using their own bodies as an example and learn about human biology through the lens of their own experiences.

With its forty interactive installations, the exhibition goes far beyond "hands-on" to become a full-body experience, as visitors climb, pedal, run, and explore to see themselves in a whole new way. For example, one interactive invites visitors to see what they would look like with a very different face; another gives them the chance to experience what life would be like as a pregnant woman. Elsewhere, visitors are encouraged to consider their relationship to other vertebrates; with the help of Kinect-based technology, they can visualize their own skeletal structure inserted into the body of a dolphin, bat, bird, or even dinosaur.