• Number 1 Science Center
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  • Tornado Alley
  • Boys Discover Engineering
  • Camp COSI
  • Live Shows
  • Adventure
  • African Adventure

Traveling Exhibits

Limited engagament experiences brought to COSI just for you.

Traveling exhibits are at COSI for a limited amount of time and some may require the purchase of an additional ticket.

RACE
RACE

RACE

Looking through the eyes of history and science, RACE explains differences among people and reveals the reality – and unreality – of race.

Additional Exhibits

Experiences not included in General Admission

Exhibits with a blue corner require the purchase of an additional ticket.

Giant Screen
Adventure Exhibit

Extreme Screen Theater

Experience crystal-clear images on the biggest digital screen in Ohio.

Adventure Exhibit
Adventure Exhibit

Adventure

Step inside to find yourself transported to a remote island where remnants of an ancient culture guard a secret that only you can unlock.

Classic Exhibits

Classic Exhibits come free with General Admission to COSI.

From the outer reaches of the Universe to the bottom of the seas, COSI's classic exhibitions will take you on a voyage of discovery.

Space Exhibit
Space

Space

Enter through a dizzying black hole, ride in a space capsule, and test your skills as an armchair astronaut.

Lab Spaces
Lab Spaces at COSI

COSI Lab Spaces

Working research laboratories designed to let you witness scientific research in real time.

Live Shows
Live Shows

Live Shows

COSI’s exciting (and explosive) live science shows are included with your admission or Membership.

Big Science Park Exhibit
Big Science Park

Big Science Park

Larger-than-life activities designed to let your inner scientist stomp around and shout out loud.

Ocean Exhibit
Ocean

Ocean

Mighty Poseidon reigns over a mythical playground symbolizing the ancient stories of the sea.

WOSU Exhibit
WOSU

WOSU @ COSI

The only working television and radio studio in a science center.

Innovation Showcase
Innovation Showcase

Innovation Showcase

Rotating showcase of cutting-edge consumer and industrial technologies.

Life Exhibit
Life

Life

From before birth to after death—and the many steps in between—Life explores what makes us human.

Gadget Exhibit
Gadgets

Gadgets

Try to lift your own weight in the pulley chair, split laser beams, and build a bridge.

Progress Exhibit
Progress

Progress

Travel through time and interact with technology from 1898 and 1962.

Kidspace Exhibit
little kidspace

little kidspace

Young children can safely climb, build, splash, imagine, and pretend in COSI’s little kidspace®.