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The Ann Arbor Hands On Museum has received numerous awards, grants, and publicity for its innovations and immersive learning experience including a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs(MCACA)

This museum’s influences go farther than just those who visit, in 2013, the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum partnered with C.S Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, both in Ann Arbor, to help fund and implement the Healing Through Hands On Science program. This program helps bring science and health related activities and exhibits to the museum and to the hospitals themselves to provide a more enriching stay. It also helps to provide fun activities for the siblings and families of patients at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital who may otherwise miss out on them from being out of school.

The Ann Arbor Hands On Museum has also paired up with the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Michigan to win an Editor’s Award for outstanding exhibitions at the Maker Faire in 2010 which was held at The Henry Ford in Dearborn. The students and faculty of the Mechanical Engineering department presented the inverted pendulum, much like those in a human transporter Segway, to highlight the importance of feedback controls and balance in systems. This exhibit can now be found at the museum and features a vertical pendulum that is driven by a motor at the end of a horizontal arm and uses sensors to keep the pendulum in its inverted position.

Among many of the other technology and science driven exhibits at the museum is the Ferrofluid Magnetoscope. This world renowned interactive exhibit was created by Ann Arbor inventor Michael Flynn who debuted the first version of the magnetoscope at the Work Gallery in the School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan. Flynn has also showcased his creation around the world in Scotland, Ireland, and Italy. The Ferrofluid Magnetoscope at the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum is one of only 250 that are available for viewing.