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It\u2019s an interactive, color-soaked journey through creation that transforms at the whims of visitors.<\/p>\n
\u201cColors of Creation,\u201d the centerpiece exhibit of a large new family gallery<\/a> at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, opened July 21. The panoramic experience inspired by the story of creation combines concert-style lighting, interactive projections, and original music to present a form-shifting world of sound, light, and imagery.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Colors of Creation\u2019 is The Weitzman like you\u2019ve never seen us before,\u201d said Dan Tadmor, President and CEO of The Weitzman. \u201cWe started with a story that we all know to create this visually stunning \u2014 and most importantly, fun \u2014 space for families and visitors of all ages. It\u2019s also a glimpse of where The Weitzman is headed: a museum where stories come alive.\u201d <\/p>\n Designed to be inclusive of all faith traditions and scientific understandings of creation, \u201cColors of Creation\u201d invites children on a multisensory journey through the origins of the world, Tadmor said. <\/p>\n Stepping inside the 30-minute explosion of color feels like entering the elusive Hall of Mirrors of an amusement park. Then color and sound blossoms all around, with light transforming into new images of life at a visitor\u2019s every move.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an immersive space,\u201d said Tadmor, on a recent afternoon, standing amid the changing colors and shifting images of an expanding universe. \u201cAnd as more things are introduced into the world, more colors are introduced.\u201d<\/p>\n The 7,000-square-foot gallery \u2014 including a hands-on play space for children featuring peg walls, magnetic puzzles, and light tables \u2014 is the second of three major openings at the Weitzman in 2006. \u201cFirst Salute<\/a>\u201d \u2014 the museum\u2019s landmark 250th exhibit exploring a forgotten story about Jews who helped win the Revolutionary War \u2014 opened in April.<\/p>\n