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Sound

Aeolian Harp
Aeolian Harp

Listen to a 27-foot-tall harp that's strummed by the wind.

An Afternoon With Peter Whitehead
Experience instrument builder Peter Whitehead's Heart Banjo, Lawn Lyre, and Spoonharp.
Three people arrange sound makers on a magnetic surface
An Open Kit for Making Rhythms
Ann at Find the Highest Note

What can YOU play?

Science activity that explores how waves travel and interact
Anti-Sound Spring

Send waves down a spring to watch them travel and interact.

Archimedes
Archimedes

Parabolic dishes collect and focus sound waves and reflect them to participants seated within them.

Archimedes by Douglas Hollis

Meet Douglas Hollis, the artist behind Archimedes.

Arpa de cabeza

Envuelve una cuerda alrededor de tu cabeza y púlsala para hacer música.

Science activity to create a toy that sounds like a swarm of buzzing bees
Bee Hummer

This simple toy sounds like a swarm of bees.

Bosun's Bass by Tim Hawkison

Resonate with Bosun's Bass, a sound work inspired by mariners' whistles.

Chladni Singing
Chladni Singing

Use your voice to make visible patterns in sand.

Science activity to build a musical instrument that uses vibrations
Coffee-Can Cuíca

Build a cuíca—a musical instrument—and play with vibrations.

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