Imaginarium
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An imaginarium ({{plural form}}: imaginaria) is a place devoted to the imagination. There are various types of imaginaria, centers largely devoted to stimulating and cultivating the imagination, towards scientific, artistic, commercial, recreational, or spiritual ends.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
Examples
- The Imaginarium Discovery Center is a children's science discovery center within the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska.{{cite web|title=Imaginarium Discovery Center|url=https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits-events/permanent-exhibits/imaginarium-discovery-center/|publisher=Anchorage Museum|accessdate=20 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129053632/https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits-events/permanent-exhibits/imaginarium-discovery-center/|archivedate=29 November 2014}}
- The Imaginarium of South Texas is a children's museum and informal science center at Mall del Norte in Laredo, Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.istx.org/#!imagine-award/cdcs|title=2013 Imagine Award Winners|publisher=istx.org|accessdate=October 13, 2015}}
- The Imaginarium Science Center is a science museum and aquarium in Fort Myers, Florida.{{cite web|title=Official site|url=http://www.imaginariumfortmyers.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304205701/http://www.imaginariumfortmyers.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 4, 2009|publisher=Imaginarium Science Center|accessdate=20 November 2014}} It features science exhibits, a 3-D theatre, dinosaurs, aquarium displays, a touch tank with stingrays and more.
- The Imaginarium Science Centre of Devonport, Tasmania is a hands-on science museum that is part of Pandemonium: Discovery and Adventure Centre.{{cite web|title=Imaginarium Science Centre|url=http://www.pandemoniumtas.com.au/imaginarium/|publisher=Pandemonium: Discovery and Adventure Centre|accessdate=20 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130002806/http://www.pandemoniumtas.com.au/imaginarium/|archivedate=30 November 2014}}
In popular culture
- In The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the immortal mystic Doctor Parnassus runs a nomadic theater troupe who lure people through a mirror that shows them a world of their deepest subconscious desires, where their souls are put to the test.
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