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CSI Exhibit Opens in Houston

If you’re a fan of CSI, you can’t miss the forensic science exhibit, CSI: The Experience. The exhibit opens Feb. 1 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and will remain on display through April 30, 2008.

Visitors to the exhibit learn what it’s like to step onto a crime scene and then collect the evidence and analyze it using the latest scientific methods.

The special exhibit was developed by the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History with support from CBS Consumer Products, the cast and crew of the television show, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and the National Science Foundation.

Cast members from the CSI television show welcome guests into the exhibit, lead them through the experience, and evaluate their conclusions. The exhibit starts with one of three mock crime scenes – “A House Collided,” “Who Got Served?” or “No Bones About It!” then the work turns to collecting and recording the evidence, then entering a forensic lab for scientific testing then on to autopsy rooms for pathology analysis.

“There is nothing like a crime or mystery to fire the imagination, and the CSI television series has gone a long way in making science cool,” said Kathleen Havens, assistant director of youth education for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. “Putting a fresh face on science by taking it “Hollywood” is an outstanding way to attract bright young minds to the scientific field.”

Price: Tickets for CSI: The Experience are $15 for adults; $12 for children (3 – 11), seniors (62+), and college students with a valid ID; $9 Museum members; $5 school groups; and $11 for groups of 20 or more.

For More Information:
• visit www.hmns.org
• call (713) 639-4629

Photo © 2007 Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

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