Orbit Yard

Participatory science collection

Enter a world. Change what happens next.

Orbit Yard’s exhibits are rooms for testing, listening, building, and wondering. Choose a theme, match the experience to your group, and shape a visit at your own pace.

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Visitors gathering around a glowing plasma experiment in a large, dark blue gallery
Hands-on galleries reward shared observation, not prior expertise.

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Every exhibit includes a host-led welcome and ways to participate without touching controls.

A child and adult guiding arcs of light across the circular Cosmic Foundry installation
Space + making45 minAges 8+

Cosmic Foundry

Weave gravity, split starlight, and set a room-sized orbital system in motion. Three linked chambers turn stellar physics into collaborative making.

North Court · Level 2

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Hands rearranging illuminated river channels on a topographic delta table
Climate + water30 minAges 10+

Delta Machine

Redirect a living model river, balance sediment and flow, then watch a projected settlement respond to your floodplain decisions.

Monsoon Hall · Ground floor

Visitors mixing colored beams through patterned glass at a bright optical market stall
Light + perception25 minAll ages

Light Bazaar

Trade shadows, bend color through carved screens, and compose a shared wall of refraction inspired by Dhaka’s painted signs.

Lantern Arcade · Level 1

A visitor holding a sensor near broad leaves as plant signals glow across a garden display
Living systems40 minAges 12+

Biosignal Garden

Listen to moisture, pulse, and leaf response translated into light. Compare your own rhythm with the slow electrical lives of plants.

Greenhouse Lab · Roof level

Families touching a long rippling instrument that turns hand movement into waves of sound
Sound + vibration20 minAll ages

Sound River

Send a rhythm downstream, feel bass through timber rails, and discover how waves combine, cancel, and carry information.

Resonance Room · Ground floor

Young visitors testing small roof structures beneath a controlled curtain of rain
Engineering + climate35 minAges 10+

Monsoon Engine

Build for heavy rain, tune a wind tower, and test how shade, drainage, and airflow can make a dense neighborhood more comfortable.

Weather Works · Courtyard

A child looking into a digital microscope while magnified pond life fills a nearby screen
Life + microscopy30 minAges 8+

Micro Worlds

Sample pond water, cloth fibers, and spice grains, then steer a giant shared microscope through structures too small to see unaided.

Lens Lab · Level 1

Visitors rolling luminous spheres around a curved table to create stable orbital paths
Space + motion20 minAll ages

Orbit Table

Launch glowing worlds across a curved surface, compare fast and slow paths, and cooperate to keep a tiny solar system in balance.

North Court · Level 2

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