meLab
Explore the amazing ways your body and mind work together, and how your daily choices impact your health and wellbeing.
Welcome to meLab! Being healthy means much more than just having a strong pulse and sharp eyesight, and our health is influenced by the many small decisions that we make each and every day. How we move, what we eat, how much we relax, who we connect with, and our thoughts and emotions all shape our personal sense of well-being. meLab: The Journey begins on Level 2, where guests can explore what being healthy means to them and experiment with lifestyle choices to live healthier, happier lives. Level 2 of meLab features our popular Crush the Calories game, the interactive artificial intelligence digital infinity mirror by artist Thomas Webb, and an engaging and relaxing one-on-one competition game called Mindball. May the most mindful win!
meLab: The Discovery continues on Level 3, where we ask how scientists and doctors know what it means to be healthy. Peer through microscopes at tiny specimens, explore high-definition images of science up close, and take a deep dive into the human brain. The Discovery is home to the biological images from the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience’s Images of Science*. Turn the corner in meLab and you’ll see a glowing wall of intricate neuroscience images from the same collection. Just like any other science, the field of medicine advances through the process of questioning, observing and experimenting—try it out and see what new information you can uncover.
When you need a break, grab a scientific storybook from the Library of Me, developed in partnership with the Miami Dade Public Library System. Stretch out on our beanbags, kick up your feet, and have a read!
*Images of Science extends throughout the Level 3 Terrace, where guests can gain a new perspective on the chemistry and physics of various phenomena here on Earth and in outer space.
