The Exploratorium is temporarily closed. Explore our online resources for learning at home.
Animation Tower
Quick-changing views create the illusion of motion.
Aliases:
Praxinoscope Tower
More to explore
Persistence of Vision
Your eye and brain hold on to a series of images to form a single complete picture.
Related exhibits
Animation Station
A stop-motion animation is made of many pictures, each slightly different from the last.
Flourish (Bloom)
Edmark’s 3-D printed sculptures, called blooms, animate when spun under a strobe light.
