For every child who visits EdVenture, seeing will be believing and doing will mean remembering. All exhibits at EdVenture are hands-on and experiential.
Permanent Exhibits
Our permanent exhibits bring the best of interactive, hands-on learning to South Carolina’s children.
EDDIE®, The World’s Largest Child
Forty-feet tall sitting down, EDDIE® is the world’s largest child! You’ll be amazed as your journey leads you inside his brain, heart, stomach and other body structures.
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BodyWorks
Take a closer look at the body’s systems, senses and sounds by getting up close and personal with teeth, bones, the digestive system, the heart and more.
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World of Work
Roll up your sleeves and explore a real fire truck in Dalmatian Station, a child-sized grocery store in The Little Pig Market, a John Deere tractor in our farm, an actual Volkswagen Beetle in AutoWorks and the inner workings of your home in Building Boom.
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Mission Imagination
Take your creativity in literacy and the arts to the next level by exploring different forms of communication like anchoring the news, designing a newspaper or composing music.
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The Great Outdoors
Become a scientist by uncovering the wonders of hydropower, solar energy and recycling while testing your knowledge of landfills, electricity and conservation.
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Critter Garden
Transformed in 2009, this garden now is the home of Blooming Butterflies - a 2,500 square foot enclosed outdoor exhibit housing hundreds of butterflies from May-October.
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My Backyard
Just for children three and younger, this gallery encourages activities in a unique campground setting with a “from the mountains to the sea” theme. Don’t miss the shrimp boat!
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Aha Factory
Allow your children to explore their creativity by visiting EdVenture’s Aha Factory, where visitors of all ages can make and take crafts themed to our current exhibits.
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Cyberloft
Geared specifically towards older children, Cyberloft is an exciting place where visitors can delve into the fascinating world of computer technology.
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Seasonal Exhibits
EdVenture continually features world-class traveling and temporary/seasonal exhibits.
From Here to Timbuktu
Through January 2011
Journey through West Africa’s spectacular and diverse geographic regions.
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Blooming Butterflies
May-October 2010
Beginning this May, enter this immersive outdoor nature pavilion and be greeted by the sight of hundreds of butterflies flying amongst lush green foliage.
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Blue Man Group: Making Waves
June 19-September 19, 2010
Clap, snap, whistle, and whir! Children and adults will have a BOING of a BLAST when the Blue Man Group: Making Waves exhibit rumbles into EdVenture.
Investigate the possibilities of sound-making with instruments you can make from found objects. Learn how sounds can convey emotion through pitch, volume, and vibration. See how combining unusual sounds in rhythm can create new kinds of music. Even the human body becomes a music machine in this fun excursion into the science of sound.