OceanXperience Exhibition

Saturday, Jun 28, 2025 from 10:30am to 5:00pm

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It’s the ultimate deep-sea experience - climb aboard an interactive replica of an advanced ocean research vessel and dive into adventure!

This is a full-scale interactive exhibition experience, here for a limited time and included in Museum admission.

Step into the world of deep-sea exploration onboard an interactive replica of OceanXplorer-the world’s most advanced research and filmmaking vessel. Navigate the ship or choose an ocean mission focused on humpback whales, orcas or great hammerhead sharks.  

Humpback Whales - study how humpback whales use their habitat to communicate.  

Orcas - study orca group dynamics and how they share their habitat with other species.  

Great Hammerhead Sharks - study the Bahamian waters to determine why they are a hot spot for great hammerhead sharks. 

As you explore the OceanXplorer vessel and engage in hands-on STEM-based research tasks, your journey is tracked and enhanced with RFID technology. Your adventure culminates in an interactive facilitated HoloLab experience and powerful cinematic scenes in the 360-degree immersive area. 

Exhibition Areas + Highlights 

OceanXperience recreates rooms on the OceanXplorer vessel to give visitors a sense of being a real ocean scientist onboard. Filled with soundscapes, tactile experiences and visually dynamic media, the exhibition is sure to engage all senses. 

Mission Control - ROV stations, mapping table, sonar stations

Bridge - pilot stations, mapping table, immersive lookout windows, captain’s switch board, tagging station 

Wet Lab - hologram station, mahi-mahi model dissection, coral samples, living rock display 

Dry Lab - genetic sequencer, data collection tools, projection microscope 

Sub Hangar - Triton submersible replica, engineering interactives, submersible stations, porthole lookout windows 

HoloLab and Immersive Area - mission debrief interactive touchscreens, 360-degree immersive footage and environmental soundscapes 

OceanXperience is a traveling exhibition produced and toured internationally by Flying Fish, based on the National Geographic series OceanXplorers, produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit and OceanX in association with Lightship Earth Productions.

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