SPIDERS – FROM FEAR TO FASCINATION is a face-to-face interactive encounter that includes over 250 real spider specimens including Black Widows, Brown Recluses, and Giant Water spiders – some live!

Created by the Australian Museum, Sydney, the exhibition features interactives that allow visitors to engage in full body experiences that involve competing in a mating ritual with a dancing Peacock spider; hold a virtual spider in their hand; feel web vibrations; and search 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:

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

Scalable exhibition size 450-800m2