Arts & Entertainment
Minecraft Traveling Exhibit World Tour Starts In NJ
It's the most popular video game in history, and now Minecraft is a traveling exhibit that starts at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City.
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — It's the best-selling video game in history, and now the traveling Minecraft exhibit has made its first stop in a world tour: at Liberty Science Center in Hudson County, NJ.
The 6,000-square-foot interactive exhibit opened Friday at the popular Science Center, which is reachable by car, light rail, and ferry in Jersey City.
The exhibit "Minecraft: The Exhibition" was designed to mark the 10th anniversary of the game’s public debut in 2009, said a museum spokeswoman.
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The game — about placing blocks and going on adventures — has sold more than 238 million copies and has 140 million monthly active users.
Those visiting the exhibit will get to enjoy craft tables for building, as well as movies on history of the game and much more.
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"Visitors — fans and non-fans alike — will appreciate the day-to-night lighting cycle, dynamic audio effects, and gallery score, all bringing the Minecraft universe to life," said a spokesperson.
The exhibition includes 15 life-size Minecraft characters. It also features several dioramas featuring Minecraft biomes, giant trees, flying overhead Phantoms, scrambling chickens, and baby pandas playing in a bamboo forest.
Even those who have not yet played can learn skills and moves at game stations inside the gallery, then start building their own worlds.
Visitors can also play the game or watch films about its history.
At a crafting table, players can build with tiles that represent materials from the game.
The Minecraft exhibit runs through September.
Liberty Science Center is also running other exhibits at the same time, and holds periodic events including LSC After Dark for adults. The 30,000-square-foot center is located on the Jersey bank of the Hudson River, near the Statue of Liberty.
For more information and tickets, visit LSC.org.
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