GPS Adventures at the
Minnetrista Cultural Center

June 2, 2007

In June 2007, the Minnetrista Cultural Center in Muncie, Indiana, became the first museum to host the GPS Adventures exhibit, an interactive maze experience intended to educate the general public about GPS and the sport of geocaching. Learn more about the exhibit...

Over 100 geocaching enthusiasts from across the nation converged at Minnetrista to celebrate the grand opening of GPS Adventures. Jason Kim of the National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (which co-sponsored the exhibit) documented the festivities with these photographs.

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  Minnetrista Cultural Center
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  Entrance to the exhibit
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  Close-up of the entryway
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  Exhibit sponsors
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  GPS satellite model
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  Various types of GPS user equipment
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  Opportunity for visitors to submit their own GPS ideas
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  Interactive quiz
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  Panel on the government's management of GPS
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  Learning how to read maps
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  Hunting for clues in a hidden cache
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  Using the clues to unlock special rooms
• Visitors learning geographic facts about the Seattle Space Needle...
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  ...Then using their new knowledge to solve a puzzle
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  Two geocachers who drove up from Mississippi
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  GPS receivers available for use in the outdoor geocache hunt
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  Visitors arriving for the opening event
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  The long line to get in!
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  Signing into the guest log
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  Welcoming remarks from Minnetrista CEO Betty Brewer
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  Lots of GPS enthusiasts in the audience
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  Visitors flooding into the exhibit
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  Geocachers searching for more clues
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  Solving another puzzle
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  Folks sharing their geocaching experiences
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  Geocaching guru Jeremy Irish signing autographs
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  The development team posing in front of the exhibit
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  Customized cookies to mark opening day
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  Plenty of merchandising, too

The National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing continued to support the GPS Adventures exhibit as it traveled to other educational venues around the United States.

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