Now Open!

Illusion Confusion, the newest kids science exhibit from Arkansas Discovery Network, is now open and free to the public.

There’s always a feeling of surprise, curiosity, even joy – an aha moment – when you realize you’ve been “tricked” by your senses whether it’s looking at a picture from a different perspective and seeing a different image or using hands and lights to change or “refract” light.

With Illusion Confusion, you will experience how perception of objects can create illusions that don’t stand up to the test of science. This exhibit is a very social exhibit, drawing people together as they explore, for example, the science and perception of light in the Social Light piece or laugh at themselves or their friends in the anti-gravity mirror or guess at the different images found in the illusions package. Many of the pieces require hands-on manipulation of the display, such as Through the Looking Glass, which, while teaching how mirrors and mazes can confuse and conflict images, will also result in kids sharing their “funny drawings” with teachers, parents and friends.

Meanwhile, you will also be actually LEARNING something! Such as how light refracts and reflects or about the ins and outs of scientific inquiry or about optical illusions.

So don't miss Illusion Confusion!

Illusion Confusion is made possible thanks to a $7-million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation through the Arkansas Discovery Network. The Arts & Science Center is one of seven Arkansas Discovery Network member museums in the state.