Beyond its blockbuster galleries, COSI’s soul lives in its classic exhibits — the ones Columbus grandparents show their grandchildren with a grin.
In Ocean, visitors balance on a research vessel, work a submarine and meet the science of water in a Poseidon-lit world. The Space gallery lands a Mercury-Atlas capsule and a moon rock among hands-on astronautics. And Progress — COSI’s beloved walk-through time machine — steps from a 1962 Main Street into its 1898 counterpart, same corner, different century, every detail (and price tag) perfect.
These galleries explain COSI’s repeat-visit magic: the exhibits don’t just inform, they imprint.
Progress has been delighting Columbus since the 1980s. Bring someone who’s never seen it — and stand back for the gasp.
