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Exhibitions for Rent

If your museum is looking for fun, high quality, durable, and educational exhibitions, look no further! 

The Sciencenter in Ithaca, New York continues to partner with national sponsors, universities, other museums, scientists, and businesses to develop world-class, hands-on exhibitions that inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to discover the excitement of science by promoting learning through interaction.

Listing of All Exhibitions for Rent (PDF)

Current Rental Schedules and Availability (PDF)

Rental History (PDF)

For more details contact: Robin Burlingham by e-mail rburlingham@sciencenter.org or call 607-272-0600 ext. 28

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Too Small to See: Zoom into Nanotechnology

Find out how scientists see and make things that are too small to see. Nanoscale science and engineering is the process through which materials are manipulated on the molecular scale to generate very, very small structures and devices.

  • Designed for: 8-13 year olds and their families.
  • Size: 5,000 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $85,000/3 months
  • Partners: Cornell University, Painted Universe, Inc.; funded by NSF
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It's a Nano World: Smaller Than a Spot on a Ladybug

A traveling hands-on interactive museum exhibition that introduces children and their families to the biological wonders of the nano world that’s too small to see with just your eyes.

  • Designed for: 5-8 year olds and their families.
  • Size:3,000 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $45,000/3 months
  • Partners: Painted Universe, Inc., Nanobiotechnology Center at Cornell University; funded by NSF
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Tech City

A traveling exhibition that includes fun, interactive stations where visitors solve the kind of real-world problems that engineers face. The exhibits present an engineering approach with opportunities for designing, building, testing and modifying.

  • Designed for: 8-13 year olds and their families.
  • Size: 3,000 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $24,000/3 months
  • Partners: Cornell University; funded by NSF
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Cool Moves! The Artistry of Motion

A traveling exhibition with fourteen fun, interactive stations that invite visitors to discover the beauty of motion all around us. Change the twist of a tornado, swirl water into amazing patterns, and much more!

  • Designed for: 5-12 year olds and their families.
  • Size: 1,800 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $21,000/3 months
  • Partners: Rochester Museum & Science Center; TEAMS Collaborative, funded by NSF
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Fun, 2, 3, 4: all about a number of things!

Whether it’s measuring, graphing or estimating, this traveling math exhibition shows visitors the fun of applying math to everyday activities. Learn how to double your allowance, count like the Aztecs, or team up with a partner to take our time challenge.

  • Designed for: 5-12 year olds and their families.
  • Size: 1,750 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $13,500/3 months
  • Partners: TEAMS Collaborative; funded by NSF
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AirPlay

You can't see it, and you can't always feel it, but the movement of air affects us and our surroundings all the time. AirPlay is a set of highly interactive exhibits that allow visitors to develop an intuitive understanding of how air moves, how moving air affects objects in its path, and how, in turn, objects affect the movement of air.

  • Designed for: children and their families.
  • Size: 1,500 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $13,500/3 months
  • Partners: developed by Montshire Museum of Science, TEAMS Collaborative; funded by NSF

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Turtle Travels

This interactive exhibition offers a turtle's-eye view of life in the slow lane. Visitors follow a turtle's footprints on a life-size board game and explore firsthand what it's like to be a turtle facing habitat challenges.

  • Designed for: a family audience.
  • Size: 1,200-2,000 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $14,500/3 months
  • Partners: developed by Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (EEC!); funded by Jane's Trust & IMLS

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Tree Houses: Look Who's Living in the Trees!

Spend some time hanging out in the Trees! Immerse yourself in indoor tree houses and explore firsthand who lives in the trees through stereoscopic viewfinders, tracking clues, natural artifacts, and sound.

  • Designed for: a family audience.
  • Size: 1,200-2,000 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $17,500/3 months
  • Partners: developed by Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (EEC!); funded by Jane's Trust, the Cabot Family Charitable Trust & IMLS

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Attack of the Bloodsuckers!

Explore the science behind what's biting you in this skin-crawling exhibition! This kid-friendly exhibition examines the what, why, when, and how of mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, leeches, and other parasites.

  • Designed for: a family audience.
  • Size: 2,000-2,500 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $20,000/3 months
  • Partners: developed by Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (EEC!); funded by Jane's Trust, the Cabot Family Charitable Trust & IMLS

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From Here to There

Ride a hovercraft to experience air pressure; float a boat to experiment with air flow. Lift, launch and levitate your way through hands-on exhibits to explore how things move by land, sea and air.

  • Designed to spark conversation and encourage interaction among children and families.
  • Size: 2,000 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $22,000/3 months
  • Partners: Rochester Museum & Science Center; TEAMS Collaborative; funded by NSF
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Get the Message

From a cocked eyebrow to the front page news, experience the dynamic variety of tools people use to communicate. Try your brush at virtual cave art, signal a crane operator, puzzle over expressions, send a message in Morse code, and more!

  • Designed to provoke further inquiry about the scientific principles of communication.
  • Size: 2,000 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $22,000/3 months
  • Partners: Discovery Center Museum of Rockford, IL, and the Family Museum of Bettendorf, IA, TEAMS Collaborative; funded by NSF
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Toys: The Inside Story

Peek inside some common toys while exploring the basics of pulleys, cams, gears, linkages, and circuits. If your parents never let you break open your Etch A Sketch® to find out how it works, or if you've been wondering how to stop your toddler's push toy from making such an infernal racket, you'll love Toys: The Inside Story.

  • Designed for: a family audience.
  • Size: 1,500 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: $18,500/3 months
  • Partners: Montshire Museum of Science, TEAMS Collaborative; funded by NSF
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Sonic Sensation

A fun, multi-sensory exhibition for children and adults that lets you see, feel, and hear sounds. Can you yell louder than a chain saw? Find out in the scream chamber. Learn how humans hear and discover how well you can listen.

  • Designed for: a family audience.
  • Size: 1,500 sq.ft.
  • Rental Fee: please call
  • Partners: Originally developed by Montshire Museum of Science; funded by NSF