Let your imagination run wild at the Great Lakes Science Center’s newest exhibit, Build It: Engineering Ideas Brick by Brick.
Whether you are a seasoned builder or a first-time explorer, this new wonderland of colorful bricks, which opens November 3, offers the perfect playground to construct your wildest ideas, and take on exciting challenges. Guests can join forces with their fellow builders to connect, collaborate, and create larger-than-life masterpieces in the exhibit’s free build areas, and contribute to a large timber-frame playhouse structure.
Code a brick robot to victory, take on a bridge building challenge, or customize a race car and see what shape helps you get to the finish line the fastest! Younger builders can use oversized and soft bricks to construct their own creations as well in the exhibit’s early childhood area.
An LED wall will encourage guests to experiment with light and color while building an artistic masterpiece, and a collaborative mosaic wall will grow with community creations.
Builders can try out the Brickit app that scans your available bricks and gives you build ideas, or play a brick-based version of “I spy” while searching through bricks to find different objects. Speed-based building challenges, photo stations for documenting your creations and even activity stations that will test your ability to build using only the sense of touch await!
The exhibit runs through April 15, 2024 and is included with general admission.
