Due to visitor demand and high attendance, The State Museum is extending the run of its current interactive blockbuster exhibit, Hall of Heroes, until Sunday, May 5. The museum opened the superhero themed exhibit with an overwhelming response in January.
This popular traveling exhibition celebrates and explores both the history of and science behind America’s obsession with superheroes. Enhanced with incredible interactive and hands on displays fun exhibits on how to “discover your superpowers.”
Hall of Heroes brings guests into the world of superheroes, crime-fighters, gadgets and spies through an immersive experience. As soon as guests enter they immediately find themselves in the thick of the action as their journey takes them through several themed environments with surprises around each corner.
Guests of all ages are encouraged to explore, learn, and test their heroic abilities at engaging and challenging interactive stations including:
Thematic sections like Powers of the Body, Gadgets, Elements and Mastery and more.
Interactive displays exploring the history and culture of heroes from comics to radio and beyond.
Challenges to test out guests’ ‘super’ abilities and demonstrate the science of superheroes.
1966 George Barris Batmobile interactive Batcave enviroment.
Hands-on stations including: a wind tunnel, a laser lab, memory and logic interactive games, a super balance test and more.
Fun photo ops with iconic heroes, including Batman, Superman, The Hulk and others.
The exhibit features various movie props, replicas and rare artifacts from past and present major motion pictures and television shows. Interactive displays take guests through a history of heroes and how people relate to them, from the ‘Radio’ to the ‘Pop Culture’ display that talks about everything from blockbuster films, to large-scale comic conventions. The Hall of Heroes exhibit is truly a place for guests of all ages to discover their superpowers.
Admission for Hall of Heroes is $13.95 for adults; $12.95 for seniors 62 and up; $11.95 for children ages 3-12 and $4.00 for museum members. The State Museum is open Monday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Wednesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday, 12 – 5 p.m.
