Thursday, June 20 | 6–9pm
Science of Risk
Cost: $10, adults 21+ only
Museum members get a FREE BEER
Ball Pits aren’t just for kids.
Plunge into our one-of-a-kind ball pit and experience a new way to chat it up with a stranger!
Bring an item you'd like to pass on to someone else — check out what's on our Trading Table and swap your item for another. What'll be left at the end of the night!?
How high can you go before it all falls down?
Work to build the tallest tower in an ultimate KEVA block challenge.
To invest or not invest, that is the question.
What will you do when given the opportunity to freeload off the group or do your part? Play the Freeloader game to see whether you have a winning or losing investment strategy.
What is a risk
you are afraid
to take right now?
Illustrate a postcard with your Risk Secret and mail it to the Museum prior to the event — and then be sure to check out a display of everyone's postcards at the event.
Play Frenemy, our version of a Prisoner's Dilemma game versus a friend — or enemy — of your choosing. Who will walk away wearing the scarlet letter?
Animals gamble, too! Every day, birds, bugs, and mammals roll the dice in
the game of life. Play our Foraging Game to learn how your own risk taking
is related to risk behavior in other animals, and how our ancestors' search
for food foretold the way we play in Vegas.
Have you ever wondered why some people might be so risk-seeking in their
personal life, but so conservative in their investments?
Come by our risk perceptions booth
to test how risk-seeking you are in different contexts and
to learn more about how different people perceive everyday risks!
Join the masterminds behind Subrosa Games in a museum-wide assassin’s game. Make it to the checkpoints in time while avoiding other assassins. Who will become the Ultimate Assassin?!
Risk embarrassment (or infamy) by belting out a ballad on our karaoke stage, enjoy a cold beer, and grab some food at one of your favorite Durham Food Trucks.
Help us learn about your risky behaviors by
checking out these links before you come:
How much do you reveal to your Facebook friends?
We'll post a couple new questions each day between June 10th and June 20th. Show us what risk means to you by answering each question on your wall. Like Us and be on the lookout for our Science of Risk game of 20 Questions!
Bring an item you'd like to pass on to someone else.
Visit the Trading Table and swap your item for another. It'll be a social experiment to see what's taken and what's left throughout the night.
Who will be the Ultimate Assassin?
Pre-register for our assassin's game and get a jump on your friends!
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