By Kate Moore
Water’s Extreme Journey is open now at the Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) taking visitors on a quest for clean water through an experiential maze! Visit only through April 29 for this wild adventure.
Water’s Extreme Journey turns visitors into a water droplet to explore the watershed and learn about why conservation of water is so important.
Experience firsthand the science behind the water cycle. Through powerful interactives and local messaging, visitors realize that daily decisions can immediately improve the watershed in their own backyard.
The maze begins by visitors entering a watershed, an area of land where water drains and collects into a shared reservoir. To explore the exhibition watershed, visitors voyage through rivers, lakes, wetlands, and even their homes, eventually reaching the healthy ocean.
Water drops face many hurdles as they interact with humans. Does the farm they encounter use pesticides? Did someone get messy changing their oil? Clean choices keep our drops healthy and moving toward a clean ocean. Dirty choices send our drops down the urban storm drain to the unhealthy ocean, where they evaporate, condensate, and precipitation for another try.
The GRPM has included a special addition to the exhibit all about the Grand River restoration. Six banners show and tell all about the Grand River, including the history of where the rapids went and the future plans for the River.
Admission to Water’s Extreme Journey is free with general admission to the GRPM.
This exhibit is brought to you by the citizens of Kent County and the voter approved millage.
