Imaginarium Explained

An imaginarium (: imaginaria) is a place devoted to the imagination. There are various types of imaginaria, centers largely devoted to stimulating and cultivating the imagination, towards scientific, artistic, commercial, recreational, or spiritual ends.

Examples

• The Imaginarium Discovery Center is a children's science discovery center within the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]
• The Imaginarium of South Texas is a children's museum and informal science center at Mall del Norte in Laredo, Texas.^[2]
• The Imaginarium Science Center is a science museum and aquarium in Fort Myers, Florida.^[3] It features science exhibits, a 3-D theatre, dinosaurs, aquarium displays, a touch tank with stingrays and more.
• The Imaginarium Science Centre of Devonport, Tasmania is a hands-on science museum that is part of Pandemonium: Discovery and Adventure Centre.^[4]

In popular culture

• In The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the immortal mystic Doctor Parnassus runs a nomadic theater troupe who lure people through a mirror that shows them a world of their deepest subconscious desires, where their souls are put to the test.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Imaginarium Discovery Center. Anchorage Museum. 20 November 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129053632/https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits-events/permanent-exhibits/imaginarium-discovery-center/. 29 November 2014.
2. Web site: 2013 Imagine Award Winners. istx.org. October 13, 2015.
3. Web site: Official site. Imaginarium Science Center. 20 November 2014.
4. Web site: Imaginarium Science Centre. Pandemonium: Discovery and Adventure Centre. 20 November 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141130002806/http://www.pandemoniumtas.com.au/imaginarium/. 30 November 2014.