Jan. 25-Sept. 7, 2020
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GET YOUR GAME ON! Take on the role of eight different pollinator groups like bats, bees, beetles and butterflies in this immersive exhibit. Enter the maze to embark on educational missions as you navigate habitats like a desert, farm, and rainforest. Level up as you learn about pollinators’ benefits to earth’s ecosystems, wildlife and our food supply. Visit the game station outside the maze to learn more about pollination while playing parlor games with a twist such as mason bee mancala or invasive species shuffleboard.
This is a bilingual exhibit available in English and Spanish. Esta es una exhibición bilingüe disponible en inglés y español.
Admission is $8 for adults
$7 for Fla. residents and seniors
$5.50 for ages 3-17
Free for UF students with valid Gator 1 card, Museum members and children 2 and under.
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At the “Amazing Pollinators” exhibit maze entrance, guests collect their mission boards and trackers while watching a helpful orientation video. The Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville will display the exhibit Jan. 25-Sept. 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Minotaur Mazes
Visit pollinator-themed stations to choose a mission and collect pollination points at the “Amazing Pollinators” exhibit on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville Jan. 7-Sept. 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Minotaur Mazes
Attach the mission card on top of your board to learn about your special pollinator and target species plant. The Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville will display the “Amazing Pollinators” exhibit Jan. 7-Sept. 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Minotaur Mazes
Guests may explore the relationships between plants and their pollinators with hundreds of interactive flowers at the “Amazing Pollinators” exhibit on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville Jan. 7-Sept. 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Minotaur Mazes
A visitor explores the unique way wasps pollinate figs in this higher level mission at the “Amazing Pollinators” exhibit on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville Jan. 7-Sept. 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Minotaur Mazes
Return to the mission station to calculate your pollination points and choose a new mission. The Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville will display the “Amazing Pollinators” exhibit Jan. 7-Sept. 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Minotaur Mazes
Visitors may earn additional pollination points by completing mission sets at the “Amazing Pollinators” exhibit on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville Jan. 7-Sept. 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Minotaur Mazes
Visitors may also play mason bee mancala, mutualism dominoes and other pollination-related games in the parlor outside the “Amazing Pollinators” exhibit maze. The Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville will display the exhibit Jan. 25-Sept. 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Minotaur Mazes
Guests may learn about the animals that help with pollination and build their own pollinator with fun interactives at the “Amazing Pollinators” exhibit on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville Jan. 7-Sept. 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Minotaur Mazes