Amazement Square houses 10 permanent exhibitions and a changing gallery.

Native American Gallery | Floor 4

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Explore the housing, daily life, and arts of the Monacan, Lakota, and Pueblo peoples: see what life in a tipi is like, gather food from the three sisters crops, or try your hand on a Pueblo weaving loom.

On The James | Floor 4

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Take a journey down the James River with a miniature batteau boat! Navigate using locks and canals and watch what happens when a rainstorm soaks downtown Lynchburg!

 

Amazement Tower: From here to there to everywhere | Floors 4, 3 & 1

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One of the tallest climbing structures in the nation that interconnects all four floors even extending into the roof!

Once Upon a Building | Floor 4

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Pretend to be an architect, urban planner, or construction worker while you learn how buildings are constructed. Don't forget to operate our larger than life crane to build structures from around the world.

 

Shipwreck Cove |
Floor 3

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Explore a pirate ship, play at our interactive table, interact with a coral reef; and meet new friends! This gallery also features a low stimulation area for children who may feel overwhelmed by the museum environment.

Centra Gallery: League of Healthy Heroes | Floor 3

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Join Scorpy Bug and his League of Healthy Heroes as they work to restore balance to healthy lifestyle choices in this gallery.

 

Raceways & Voltageville | Floor 3

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Zip, swirl, and twirl as you explore gravity, inertia, velocity, and electricity in a setting that brings science to life.

Emmy Lou Thomson Big Red Barn | Floor 2

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Learn about life on the farm milking a life-size cow, collecting crops, and greeting interactive animals.

 

Changing Gallery | Floor 2

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This gallery houses temporary and traveling exhibitions that explore global and regional topics in the arts, humanities, and STEM concepts.

Helene P. Schewel Kaleidoscope Gallery | floor 1

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Every child dreams of painting on the walls and, in the "Kaleidoscope Gallery’s" Paintbox, visitors can do just that! Have big dreams to be a rockstar? Grab a microphone and join us on stage in On Stage: the Rockstar Experience. Have a group jam session in Listen to the Rhythm’s music studio setting or try on a puppet at the Puppet Tree; the "Kaleidoscope Gallery" is the place to go to stretch your imagination and explore the arts.

 

THE ART OF ACTING | floor 1

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Try on costumes, set the lighting, and act out your favorite scenes.

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Bee in the know |
floor 1

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"Bee In the Know" is an interactive and live exhibition that explores the critical importance of bees in our daily lives, and how we can learn much from these amazing insects. They have been around for more than 6 million years, and have existed in harmony with nature. While bees live naturally in the wild, the exhibition explores how beekeepers are playing an important role in preserving the bee population by nurturing and housing them in hives. The miracle of these amazing insects is their complete commitment to a team environment. The exhibition explores how bees work, hang out, and eat together, and their love of the hive and desire to be part of a large family, that is well run and female-oriented.