Spiders – From Fear to Fascination

Created by the Australian Museum and now touring internationally by Evergreen Exhibitions

A face-to-face interactive encounter that includes more than 250 real spider specimens including Black Widows, Brown Recluses, and Giant Water spiders–some live! Interactives allow visitors to engage in full-body experiences that involve competing in a mating ritual with a dancing Peacock spider, holding a virtual spider in their hand, feeling web vibrations, and searching for spiders in their backyard. This combination of immersion and information showcases the latest science that gives visitors an up-close glimpse into the fascinating world of spiders.

Thematic Areas:

• What Are Spiders?
• Where Are Spiders?
• Reproduction & Growth
• Sensing Their World
• Diet, Jaws, & Venom
• Webs & Silk
• Spiders & Us

Features:

• More than 250 real specimens and live spiders
• Augmented reality experiences
• Interactives, models, and dioramas
• Interviews with prominent spider scientists

Downloads:
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Exhibit Details:

• Exhibit size: 5,000 – 7,500 square feet
• Target audience: families, students
• Available Spring, Summer, Fall

Premiere Venue:

The exhibition debuted at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

North American appearances:

• Royal Ontario Museum
• Montreal Science Centre
• North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
• Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Atlanta
• The Witte Museum, San Antonio

To learn more about Spiders – From Fear to Fascination:

U.S. Sales
Christi Klingelhefer
210.582.0015
christi@evergreenexhibitions.com

Anne Kinsey
210.599.0045
anne@evergreenexhibitions.com

International Sales
Antonia Spanos
+44 (0) 7966 139 867
antonia@exhibitionsagency.com

Additional information about the exhibition can also be
found at australian.museum/touring