Museum Hosts New Exhibit - Extreme Sports, Beyond Human Limits

A new exhibit that might just get one's blood pumping is opening at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History.

"Extreme Sports: Beyond Human Limits, is an action-packed ride through the adrenaline-fueled world of extreme sports," museum officials said. "This highly interactive exhibition, developed and produced by Science North in partnership with the Ontario Science Centre, brings visitors inside the minds and bodies of extreme athletes. It explores the psychology of their motivations and the science of extreme sports, including wingsuit flying, ice and rock climbing, parkour, free diving, and many more."

Visitors will discover what it takes to maximize their potential as they explore the psychology and science behind the thrills and spills of adventure sports. They will explore the science behind athletes as they learn about the strength and mentality that fuels extreme sports athletes’ determination.

In this exhibition, visitors will have the chance to:

• Engage with friends and family in a multitude of physical, multimedia and creative challenges.

• Hear from athletes that participate in these extreme activities and how they have persevered through failures and challenges in their sports.

• Learn about the researchers who study extreme athletes; those who rescue them when things go wrong; and the innovators who create new and novel equipment, and dispel myths and misconceptions surrounding extreme sports.

"From exhilarating speeds, breathtaking heights and profound depths to uncontrolled variables such as weather or terrain–this exhibition tells the stories of how athletes prepare and train extensively to carefully evaluate risks, endure intense physical and mental challenges, and maintain a calm focus," exhibit organizers said of the display.

“Extreme Sports is an extremely engaging and interactive exhibit, designed for people of all ages," said Matt Edwards, executive director of the Mount Airy museum. "It is a high energy look at extreme sports requiring high technical skill and intense mental focus through the lens of the athletes and researchers, along with the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History’s signature hands-on and interactive exhibits with great and relevant science that visitors of all ages will enjoy.”

Extreme Sports is open at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History through to April 26. For more information, visit sciencenorthinternationalsales.com/beyondhumanlimits or contact the museum at 336-786-4478.