What to Do with Holiday Visitors, Part 1: COSI and BODY WORLDS & the Brain!

December 3, 2012 by

We all have this dilemma – you have a house full of guests, and can’t think of a fun activity that will work for everyone. Well, we at Experience Columbus are always full of good ideas for things to do around the city, so over the next week, we won’t only be giving you ideas: We’ll also be giving away 4-packs of tickets to all the attractions we blog about this week! So stay tuned for some great tips and giveaways!

If you’ve so much as driven past Columbus before, you know that COSI is always a great place to visit. The permanent exhibits are always cool to visit and bring out-of-towners to see, but the high-caliber of special exhibits make COSI a place to return to again and again for both fun and learning.

We’re giving away FOUR tickets to COSI and Body Worlds – a 99-dollar value! To enter, pin the image in this post and use the hashtag #expcols in your description. I

Right now, COSI is hosting BODY WORLDS & the Brain, a incredibly engaging exhibit illuminating neuroscience through real, plastinated human specimens. The brain and nervous system are extremely complex, and you will see exactly how complex at the exhibit. The plastinated bodies are displayed tastefully, in ways that help a layperson understand just how we work. You can view comparisons of healthy brains and those with neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s in cross section. It’s truly astounding to see for yourself just how delicate and resilient humans are on a physical level.

If you’ve been to the exhibit already – you should plan on going again! COSI has added four new plastinates: The Walking Elder, The Trapeze Artist, and The Hockey Players. COSI has extended hours during the run of the exhibition, and it’s open seven days a week from Dec. 26-Jan. 6.

We’re giving away FOUR tickets to COSI and Body Worlds – a $99 value! To enter, pin the image in this post and use the hashtag #expcols in your description. If you’re not on Pinterest, you can also enter by commenting about your favorite COSI memory on this post.

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  • Jess

    My baby girl steadily walked for the first time at COSI! She had been trying to walk without falling and chasing the balls around the kids area is what did it for her! :)

  • Janet

    My favorite memory doesn’t exist because i am new to Columbus and have never been. :(

  • Kris

    My favorite memory is my 3.5 year old operating an actual excavator outside COSI! FUN!!

  • Brooke S

    My favorite Cosi experience was 20 years ago when I was in the Girl Scouts and got to spend the night!

  • Shelly S

    I remember coming over to COSI in the fifth grade and then bringing my brother when he was around the same age but I was in college. He was visiting for the weekend.

  • http://www.facebook.com/schummbo Kevin Schumm

    I recall experiencing “virtual reality” for the first time when I was little at COSI.

  • Anna

    Going to COSI with my Girl Scout troop!

  • Leigh

    School Field Trip 5th grade – love it

  • Wendy717

    We took our son for the first time a few months ago. It was like seeing his face on Christmas morning…

  • Janet Obryant

    Riding the Cars with Square wheels and The Bike that was on the tight rope, :-) I Also Loved the Electricity Ball that made your hair stand up, lol Im 30 now and I visited when I was in 6th grade so probably when I was 10 on a school trip and I still have those fond memories :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/Theatrdude Adam Morton

    Favorite memory would have to be spending the day at the old COSI then walking across the street to then Wendy’s.

  • Megan Kennedy

    I have many fond memories of my Scouting days spending weekends every year at COSI. I was both a girl participant and a young adult volunteer for these great events

  • gary dean

    Making paper when I was in grade school, seems to stick out the most about my visit to COSI.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jkilbarger Jennette Kilbarger

    When my kids were 6 and 7 I brought them to COSI around Christmas time. There was a wonderful set up in the main space with blocks, connections type toys to make vehicles, even huge dominoes. My children had so much fun with the “elf” volunteers in that space we never went to see the rest of the museum! (Which was OK as we were regular visitors.)

  • http://www.facebook.com/angela.borrelli.90 Angela Borrelli

    My greatest memory of COSI was when I was in 4th grade and I was able to spend the night at COSI (old location) with my girlscout group and slept in a sleeping bag on the floor under the giant heart. Was the best sleepover ever!!!

  • Becky

    A favorite memory: My extended family, who we see rarely, was in town for Thanksgiving and we all got to go to COSI together. My brother-in-law rode the bicycle and we saw rat basketball for the first time :)

  • Wesley Van Wormer

    My Favorite COSI memory is hard to choose, but the more I think about it, it may have to be the Titanic. It really put me in the time period and was super surreal. Every moment at COSI is always and great one and filled with memories.

  • cindy rhoades

    My favorite COSI memory is taking my daughter and her preschool class to visit. She was chosen to participate in the static electricity experiment and it made her hair stand straight up. She was so scared she cried but I got lots of pictures. She was later so excited when she got to see the rats playing basketball. Those where the highlights of our trip that time. We have had memberships in the past, but do to our current financial situation we have been unable to visit or purchase memberships in the past year.

  • Amy H

    My high school prom was at COSI! I remember going through the space tunnel in heels with my friends and all of us falling down!

  • http://twitter.com/ctheado Theo

    Used to love the outside park! Would love to see body worlds!

  • http://www.facebook.com/KilbrideKrew Christie Tukesbrey Kilbride

    We loved taking the kids to COSI during Colubmus’s First Night this past Jan. 1. We all had a blast…Thank you!

  • Mark

    Remember the STREET OF YESTERYEAR AND THE COAL MINE? Cracker Jacks and all. Love the trance-like feeling with the pendulum. WOW! When was the move from East Broad to Central H.S.?

  • Derek Carter

    My favorite memory is making the videos in the news area, my cousins and I would always have a vhs tape ready to make it. Also looking at the stars was amazing!

  • Michael Crago

    My favorite memory has to be running around and decoding all the messages in the “Adventure! in the Valley of the Unknown” with my college friends!

  • Matthew Blair

    I have never been to COSI, but would love to go!

  • http://www.facebook.com/jmillathott Juanita Millat-Hott

    I have never been to COSI

  • Krista

    I have never been, so I hope to make the bodies world exhibit my favorite experience! My daughter’s favorite memory is the cosi camp in with her girl Scout troop and the tornado tunnel.

  • Susie

    The pendulum at the entrance, making your hair stand on its’ end with the electricity, astronaut ice cream, yesteryear, playing with the mice, broadcasting a “live” TV show, the bike on the wire, girl scout troop visits and then Wendy’s for lunch…the list could go on forever!

  • Becky

    Taking my kids to the playspace when they were so little!

  • http://www.facebook.com/dropkick.murphys.56 Dropkick Murphys

    We went last year and Sierra Nevada had a display. Being a homebrewer, I asked if I could have a banner. They said yes and I was able to take it home with me at the end of the night. I had a good time and so did the rest of the family!

  • http://www.facebook.com/susan.m.root Susan Marie Root

    My husband took me to cosi his first year living in Athens, Ohio!