GALLERY ONE · 02 · EXPLORE
The Gear Forest
A room you can turn. Pull a lever here, and something moves ten feet away.
Forty interlocking wooden gears, a two-storey marble run, and cranks sized for small hands. The Gear Forest is where cause meets effect in a way a child can feel in their arms before they can name it. Nothing is behind glass. Everything is meant to be turned, dropped, blocked, and tried again.
Ages 4–10 · 35 min average visitWHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER
Three things to try.
01
The Big Gear Wall
Forty hand-cut maple gears. Turn one and watch the motion travel — slower here, faster there. Why?
02
The Marble Drop
A two-storey run you build yourself with chutes and funnels. The marble always finds the gap you missed.
03
The Lever Long-Table
Levers, pulleys, and counterweights. Lift something heavy with one finger and feel the trade you made.
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Hand-cut gears
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Storeys of marble run
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Pieces behind glass
“A four-year-old turned the crank, saw the far gear move, and gasped. That gasp is the whole exhibit.”
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