Our Senses. Courtesy, American Museum of Natural History. Photo: R. Mickens
Museums & GalleriesUpper West Side

Our Senses: An Immersive Experience

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Description

Our Senses takes visitors through eleven galleries in which they need to rely on their senses to differentiate between perception and reality. The exhibit shows how human senses have evolved to keep us safe, how our senses differ from those in the animal world and how the human brain enhances what the senses detect, especially when senses disagree with one another.  Highlights include an exploration of how our sense of smell makes us hungry, and whether the famous dress was white and gold or blue and black

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Location

American Museum of Natural History

200 Central Park West Manhattan, NY, 10024

Features

Type
Science & Technology
Culture & History
Accessibility
Open and/or Closed Captioned
Assistive Listening System
Wheelchair Accessible
Adaptive Activities
Neurodiverse Programming
Sign Language Interpretation
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