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Calling All Minecraft Lovers!
building their own worlds. Minecraft is a video game where players explore a blocky, virtual world and discover raw materials, craft tools, build structures, and much more. It can also be educational. Its focus on building BY BARBARA RUSSO can reinforce geometry concepts, as it strengthre you ready to get your game on? ens players’ logic skills, Head to Liberty Science Center in creativity, and even Jersey City for its new, upcoming collaboration, according to exhibit: Minecraft: The Exhibition. It features scenes and characters from the popular Common Sense Media. This is the East Coast pregame, Minecraft. miere of the exhibit, which was created by The interactive exhibit, which opens MoPop, the Museum of Popular Culture, Feb. 18, gives Minecraft fans an in partnership with Mojang Studios. The opportunity to step inside exhibit is a 6,000-square-foot multimedia the world of the game, experience designed for both Minecraft surrounded by blocky players and non-players of all ages. scenes and characters from Minecraft builds. THE EXHIBIT’S HIGHLIGHTS But you don’t have to be a Minecraft wiz Life-Size Characters: The exhibit features photo opportunities with 15 life-size to enjoy the exhibit. characters from Minecraft, including Those who aren’t the explosive Creeper and mysterious familiar with the game will learn the fundamental Enderman. A diorama includes a Minecraft tree, zombie, and wolf. Phantoms fly skills and moves at game stations inside the gallery to start overhead, chickens scramble underfoot, and
The popular game is coming to Liberty Science Center with an interactive exhibit.
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baby pandas play in a bamboo forest. Time-Lapse Builds: Videos showing time-lapse builds and veteran players at work are designed to help museum visitors become experts at the game. Crafting Table: Players can use cards that represent building materials from the game to make their own objects and tools. These materials include wood, iron, and obsidian. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO Your family can explore Minecraft: The Exhibition at Liberty Science Center, 222 Jersey City Blvd., Jersey City, NJ, from Feb. 18-Sept. 5. The exhibit is open during regular operating hours: Thursday-Friday, 10am-4pm; Saturday-Sunday, 10am-5pm. Tickets are $8, plus general admission to the museum: $29.99; $24.99 for children ages 2-12. Liberty Science Center requires proof of full COVID-19 vaccination for all visitors ages 12 and older. For more information, visit lsc.org.
