Amazing Pollinators — Florida Museum of Natural History
Amazing Pollinators, a game-based traveling maze exhibition on pollinator conservation, opened January 25, 2020, at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, Florida, developed by Minotaur Mazes in collaboration with the Florida Museum and the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
| Venue | Florida Museum of Natural History |
|---|---|
| Project type | Traveling Exhibition |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2020 |
| Technologies | interactive maze environment, tactile and visual interactives |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| minotaur-mazes | Exhibit Design | Designed and fabricated the traveling maze exhibition (fewer than 3 credited projects in the dataset) |
Description
The bilingual (English/Spanish) exhibition combines a maze centerpiece of interactive flowers across nine environments with 48 survival missions covering eight pollinator groups (bats, bees, beetles, birds, butterflies, moths, flies, and wasps). It won a Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement (Touring Exhibition, Limited Budget) from the Themed Entertainment Association at the 27th Annual Thea Awards (2021), and has since traveled to venues including the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Minnetrista, Waterloo Region Museum, and Grand Rapids Public Museum.
Sources
- https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/pressroom/2019/12/05/amazing-pollinators-exhibit-opens/
- https://www.minotaurmazes.com/amazing-pollinators/
- https://www.alphagraphicsseattle.com/minotaur-mazes-wins-prestigious-thea-award-for-amazing-pollinators-exhibit/
- https://www.teaconnect.org/recipients/27th-annual-thea-award-recipients