Frost exhibit explores the shape-shifting and color-changing qualities of organisms’ outer layer
Published: September 29, 2021
Get more than skin-deep, and examine fish from the inside out, in two new exhibits opening in the Hsiao Family Special Exhibition Gallery at the Frost Museum of Science in October.
Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity opens Oct. 8 and helps visitors learn about the adaptive properties of skin, from armored reptile scales to insulating mammal fur. Experiment with how you perceive the sensations of temperature, vibration and pressure on your own skin while exploring the difference between the thick skin of pangolins and the highly tuned skin receptors of delicate insects and birds.
The “Evolving Identity” portion of the exhibit examines how our skin color shapes how humans view themselves, perceive others, and interact with one another, teaching about evolution and skin’s incredible diversity.
The museum’s other October debut, X-Ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, is an exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. It features 40 black-and-white digital prints of different species of fish arranged in evolutionary sequence.
The X-rays show the long stream of fish evolution and build a picture for guests of fish diversity.
Both exhibits will be on display through April 3, 2022, at the Frost Science Museum in downtown Miami.
Learn more about all the museum has to offer at http://www.frostscience.org.
