Calling All Minecraft Lovers

The popular game is coming to Liberty Science Center with an interactive exhibit.

BY BARBARA RUSSO

Are you ready to get your game on? Head to Liberty Science Center in Jersey City for its new, upcoming exhibit: Minecraft: The Exhibition. It features scenes and characters from the popular game, Minecraft.

The interactive exhibit, which opens Feb. 18, gives Minecraft fans an opportunity to step inside the world of the game, surrounded by blocky scenes and characters from Minecraft builds. But you don’t have to be a Minecraft wiz to enjoy the exhibit. Those who aren’t familiar with the game will learn the fundamental skills and moves at game stations inside the gallery to start 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 can reinforce geometry concepts, as it strengthens players’ logic skills, creativity, and even collaboration, according to Common Sense Media.

This is the East Coast premiere of the exhibit, which was created by MoPop, the Museum of Popular Culture, in partnership with Mojang Studios. The exhibit is a 6,000-square-foot multimedia experience designed for both Minecraft players and non-players of all ages.

THE EXHIBIT’S HIGHLIGHTS

Life-Size Characters: The exhibit features photo opportunities with 15 life-size characters from Minecraft, including the explosive Creeper and mysterious Enderman. A diorama includes a Minecraft tree, zombie, and wolf. Phantoms fly overhead, chickens scramble underfoot, and 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.