Put Your Brainpower to the Test in Mindbender
at the
Science Museum of Virginia
RICHMOND — Find hidden clues. Collect secret passwords. Solve puzzles. Unravel brainteasers. Join with others to take on quirky challenges. With your clues and passwords find out if you have what it takes to unlock the final puzzle to become a member of the Mindbender Society in the visiting exhibit Mindbender at the Science Museum of Virginia, Saturday, Jan. 31-Monday, Sept. 7.
“Check your preconceived notions at the door,” says Science Museum Director and CEO Richard Conti. “Not everything is as it seems in Mindbender.”
Stop by the TV screen at the entrance to the exhibit to meet a character named Mr. E. He provides the 4-1-1 on exhibit puzzles and challenges — and tells you how to collect the information you need to unlock the vault to the Mindbender Society. Pick up a clue card so you can keep track of the information you collect.
Keep an eye out for brainteasers that contain clues. You need to solve these puzzles in order to unlock the vaults in four of the areas. Along the way you visit the parlor, library, kitchen, map room, disco room, dining room, and rec room. Information in each of the four vaults helps you unlock the Mindbender Society vault at the other end.
Just what kinds of things have been devised to give your brain a workout? At Tricky Triangles 16 sticks form eight triangles. Your job is to remove four sticks and leave four equal-sized triangles. At Every Line Adds to 15 the name is a major hint. You insert the numbers 1-9 into straight lines so that the total of each line is 15. Feeding Frenzy is a group activity. Team up with other visitors. Your job is to fill food trays on a conveyer belt with food. How many trays can you fill?
At Amazing Maze you and your friends work together to tilt a table in different directors to drop a ball into the appropriate holes. Spelling Fever could also be called Disco Hopscotch Fever. Push a button to generate a question on a screen. When it’s your turn, you have to hop on the correct letters to spell out your answer. Flying Machine features a mechanical flying machine you and your friends move to hit flashing targets.
Once you’ve completed the challenges enter at least three passwords you’ve found into the final vault in the Wall of Fame. If you’re successful, take your picture for the wall and print out a copy along with your Mindbender Society certificate to take home.
Mindbender is produced and toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon. © 2008. Mindbender is sponsored by Thinkfinity.org supported by the Verizon Foundation.
Mindbender is included with exhibit admission. Tickets are $9 for youth ages 4-12, seniors 60+ and active military and $10 for adults 13-59. Tickets to see Mindbender, visit Science Museum exhibits and see a film in the Ethyl IMAX®DOME are $14 for youth ages 4-12 and seniors 60+ and $15 for adults 13-59. Children 3 and under are free. Science Museum exhibits are open Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The museum is also open on school holiday Mondays, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
at the
Science Museum of Virginia
RICHMOND — Find hidden clues. Collect secret passwords. Solve puzzles. Unravel brainteasers. Join with others to take on quirky challenges. With your clues and passwords find out if you have what it takes to unlock the final puzzle to become a member of the Mindbender Society in the visiting exhibit Mindbender at the Science Museum of Virginia, Saturday, Jan. 31-Monday, Sept. 7.
“Check your preconceived notions at the door,” says Science Museum Director and CEO Richard Conti. “Not everything is as it seems in Mindbender.”
Stop by the TV screen at the entrance to the exhibit to meet a character named Mr. E. He provides the 4-1-1 on exhibit puzzles and challenges — and tells you how to collect the information you need to unlock the vault to the Mindbender Society. Pick up a clue card so you can keep track of the information you collect.
Keep an eye out for brainteasers that contain clues. You need to solve these puzzles in order to unlock the vaults in four of the areas. Along the way you visit the parlor, library, kitchen, map room, disco room, dining room, and rec room. Information in each of the four vaults helps you unlock the Mindbender Society vault at the other end.
Just what kinds of things have been devised to give your brain a workout? At Tricky Triangles 16 sticks form eight triangles. Your job is to remove four sticks and leave four equal-sized triangles. At Every Line Adds to 15 the name is a major hint. You insert the numbers 1-9 into straight lines so that the total of each line is 15. Feeding Frenzy is a group activity. Team up with other visitors. Your job is to fill food trays on a conveyer belt with food. How many trays can you fill?
At Amazing Maze you and your friends work together to tilt a table in different directors to drop a ball into the appropriate holes. Spelling Fever could also be called Disco Hopscotch Fever. Push a button to generate a question on a screen. When it’s your turn, you have to hop on the correct letters to spell out your answer. Flying Machine features a mechanical flying machine you and your friends move to hit flashing targets.
Once you’ve completed the challenges enter at least three passwords you’ve found into the final vault in the Wall of Fame. If you’re successful, take your picture for the wall and print out a copy along with your Mindbender Society certificate to take home.
Mindbender is produced and toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon. © 2008. Mindbender is sponsored by Thinkfinity.org supported by the Verizon Foundation.
Mindbender is included with exhibit admission. Tickets are $9 for youth ages 4-12, seniors 60+ and active military and $10 for adults 13-59. Tickets to see Mindbender, visit Science Museum exhibits and see a film in the Ethyl IMAX®DOME are $14 for youth ages 4-12 and seniors 60+ and $15 for adults 13-59. Children 3 and under are free. Science Museum exhibits are open Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The museum is also open on school holiday Mondays, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
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