Brains at the Bell

We premiered our new show, Mysteries of Your Brain, on October 15! The Touch & See Lab has a special brain display surrounding the show, and the Bell hosted live virtual talks with UMN brain researchers. Details below!

Mysteries of Your Brain

The Bell Museum created this groundbreaking program with help from science and content advisors at the University of Minnesota including Cheryl Olman, professor of psychology, and Janet Dubinsky, professor of neuroscience; as well as Patrice Greger, educator with Minneapolis Public Schools; and neurobiologists Daniel Fergus and Lyric Jorgenson. Kim Todd, associate professor in English and Creative Writing, wrote the script.

“The exciting, new thing we’re doing here is using immersive media to explore ‘inner’ rather than outer space—in this case, to help us understand arguably the most important organ in our body: our brain! Focusing on the brain made great sense to us given the University of Minnesota is a powerhouse in brain science. We were thrilled to work with UMN researchers to guide and advise the show content. And we hope audiences will find that we were able to make the film a uniquely Bell production—in the show, we explore other amazing brains of nature beyond our human brains,” says Holly Menninger, Bell Museum director of public engagement and science learning.

This show brings audiences inside the brain to watch the process of learning and see how synapses work in an engaging, colorful way. Young learners can see how brains work—from INSIDE a brain!