The Impression 5 Science Center, is a children's museum located in downtown Lansing, Michigan

Lansing, Michigan

Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...

. Formerly known as the Impression 5 Museum, the center is located in a historic wagon works factory on the Grand River

Grand River (Michigan)

The Grand River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs through the cities of Jackson, Eaton Rapids, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Grand Haven.-Description:...

. The name, Impression 5, refers to the five senses

Sense

Senses are physiological capacities of organisms that provide inputs for perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology , and philosophy of perception...

. The neighboring Riverwalk Theatre and Michigan Museum of Surveying also occupy buildings of the former factory.

History

The Impression 5 Science Center was founded in Lansing, Michigan, in 1972. The museum moved into its current location in downtown Lansing in 1982. In 1994 the Impression 5 Museum changed its name to the current, Impression 5 Science Center.

In July 2010 Impression 5 was awarded a $75,000 grant from the Capital Region Community Foundation to open an Emerging Media and Technology Lab. The lab will allow visitors to virtually explore various science topics.

Exhibits

• Bubble Room
• Connecting With Chemistry
• Don't Make Me Sick!
• First Impression Room
• Giant Eyeball
• HeartWorks
• Light & Color
• Main Lobby
• Make Your Own Kind of Music
• On the Air!
• Simple Machines
• Throwing Things
• Water Room

See also

• List of Museums in Michigan
• Lansing, Michigan Museums
• Science museum
  Science museum
  A science museum or a science centre is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in museology have broadened the range of...
  
  
• Children's museum
  Children's museum
  Children's museums are institutions that provide exhibits and programs to stimulate informal learning experiences for children. In contrast with traditional museums that typically have a hands-off policy regarding exhibits, children's museums feature interactive exhibits that are designed to be...
  
  

External links

• Impression 5 Science Center (official site)