Welcome to First Signs of Vision
Experience the dawn of sight at the Museum of Science.
The exhibition is open 1:00 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
Plan your visitAbout the Exhibition
First Signs of Vision is an interactive exhibit that lets you experience the history of vision from the first light-sensitive cells to modern vision. You start the journey 540 million years ago as a bacteria and can choose your own evolutionary path to vision found in present day animals.
A collaboration between:


