AMERICAN ADVENTURE EXHIBIT
You’ll learn a lot even if it kills you!
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | September 29, 2015 – January 9, 2016, Closed Sundays and holidays.
MONDAY – SATURDAY 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM
ADMISSION TO EXHIBIT | Union Station Members FREE | Non Members and Partner Pass Holders* $5 Adults | $4 Students/Seniors | $3 Children
Admission to our four museums is included with exhibit entry fee!
*Nature Center and Dino Park passes will not be honored for this special engagement. Partner pass holders will retain access to our four museums, but must pay admission to enter the traveling exhibit.
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American Adventure puts visitors into the shoes of the original English colonists in America. This realistic role-play adventure presents one great challenge: To survive for one year. Sound easy? Think again…
Of the original 104 settlers who arrived in the spring of 1607, fewer than 40 survived the first twelve months. Visitors wind their way through interactive galleries in this challenging 2500 square foot maze, while struggling to overcome demands on their knowledge and decision-making skills. A telltale Life Chart hanging around each visitor’s neck reveals their health is starting to suffer. Earning or losing points at each turn of the maze, the goal is to make it past more than two dozen tests spread out over 4 seasons.
Created by Seattle-based Minotaur Mazes and the Virginia Living Museum, American Adventure blends history, science, nature and fortune in a challenging interactive experience.
“Our goal is to immerse you in the subject- to make you an individual colonist with different strengths and weaknesses – and to reflect the complexity of early American life in a way that no other exhibit can.” Exhibit creator Kelly Fernandi says, “You can live or die as you go through this maze – you’ll learn a lot even if it kills you, and chances are it will.”
American Adventure provides an illuminating window into the tough, bewildering natural landscape that bedeviled so many of America’s first English settlers. With a little luck, and most likely a few attempts, visitors may avoid slipping into the danger zone where their next decision could be life or death.
Attention Teachers and Groups!
Teachers and Groups
Special group tours available from 8am – 10am and 5pm – 7pm Mondays through Fridays.
Please call Amanda for availability and pricing, 801-393- 9886.
Teachers, make sure to check out the curriculum packet.
Interview with Union Station Foundation Director, Elizabeth Sutton
Interactive Stations Include:
• Gold Rush Climbing Wall
• Choose a Water Source
• River Species Puzzle
• Wheels of Misfortune
• Gold Mining
• 10′ Zip Slide
• Lasso a Sturgeon
• Wilderness Challenge
• TurtleSoup
• Bald Cypress Crawl
• Resource Grab Bag
• Mystery Match
• Colonial Dress Up
• Trading Post
• The Nose Knows Best
• Colonist Photo Op
• Colonial Construction
• Where to Plant
• Who Will Work
Exhibit is made possible by:
