Discovery Place Science’s new exhibit, Towers of Tomorrow, presents the world’s most impressive LEGO architecture

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Discovery Place Science’s new Towers of Tomorrow exhibit offers the cheapest way to travel the world–through LEGO architecture.

Towers of Tomorrow, a traveling exhibit from Sydney Living Museums, will be on exhibit at Discovery Place Science, 301 N. Tryon Street, from June 1st through September 2nd, 2019.

It features LEGO models of 20 skyscrapers from around the world, all meticulously build by hand, on a scale of 1:200, by Ryan McNaught, a certified LEGO builder from Melbourne, Australia.

The exhibit also includes 200,000 loose bricks for kids and adults to create their own towers of tomorrow.

The exhibit’s model skyscrapers:

• 111 West 57th Street, New York City
• Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia
• Barangaroo Hotel Resort, Sydney, Australia
• Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Central Park Tower, New York City
• Chrysler Building, New York City
• CN Tower, Toronto, Canada
• Comcast Technology Center, Philadelphia
• Empire State Building, New York City
• Eureka Tower, Melbourne, Australia
• Infinity Tower, Brisbane, Australia
• International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong
• Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
• Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Q1 Tower, Gold Coast, Australia
• Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China
• TAIPEI 101, Taipei, Taiwan
• Willis Tower (Sears Tower), Chicago, Illinois
• Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo, Japan
• Wilshire Grand Center, Los Angeles, California

Towers of Tomorrow is a special exhibit, and is not included in the regular Discovery Place Science price.

Cost: 

Full Museum Experience (museum admission, Towers of Tomorrow, and IMAX):

• Adults: $26
• Children: $22
• Seniors (age 60+): $24 
• Members: $7
• Welcome: $8 (for those with EBT or WIC)

Museum admission and Towers of Tomorrow:

• Adults: $22
• Children: $18
• Seniors (age 60+): $20
• Members: $3
• Welcome: $4 (for those with EBT or WIC)

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Some fun facts about the exhibit and about LEGOs:

• More than 577,000 LEGO bricks were used to construct the skyscrapers
• It took 2,400 hours to build Towers of Tomorrow
• The exhibition weighs 1.5 tons
• 2×4 is the most common LEGO brick size
• It took 104,800 LEGO bricks to build the Shanghai Tower alone
• Each brick was glued into place by hand
• The first LEGO brick was invented in 1958
• More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been made since they were first invented

Discounts:

• Just getting IMAX tickets and not visiting the museum? Here’s a discount, through Groupon
• Active military members and their immediate family get $2 off admission
• Groups of 15 or more get a discount
• Educators (including homeschool educators) are eligible for a discounted membership
• AAA members get $1 off admission, up to 4 people
• If you donate at least $10 to ASC you get a Connect with Culture card. Use that card for buy one, get one free museum admission.
• Discovery Place’s Welcome Program is for North Carolina and South Carolina residents who get WIC or EBT benefits. Museum admission is just $1 per person, up to to six people. Towers of Tomorrow is an extra charge. (See above.)