A closing date of Sunday 22 April has been confirmed for CSI: The Experience, leaving keen visitors just over 7 weeks to put their detective skills to the test before the exhibition departs Australasia.
The internationally acclaimed & award winning exhibition, presented by Frontier Events and Events Queensland, in association with EMS Exhibits, under a license from CBS Consumer Products has seen a great number of enthusiastic amateur detectives since its opening at Piazza Surfers Paradise on Friday 2nd December 2011 and tickets to all remaining sessions up to the closing date of Sunday 22 April are on sale now.
This includes numerous teaching professionals taking advantage of the special School Group prices and bringing classes to the exhibition to explore the fascinating world of forensic science for themselves.
Students spoke highly of their experience in last months’ Gold Coast Bulletin (31 January 2012):
“THE CSI: The Experience visit was a thrilling exploration of forensic science. You get to choose between three cases where you analyse evidence to try and solve the crime…What I liked was when you were on the computers analysing evidence, they didn’t just give the answers, they made you think.” MAXINE EULER, Year 5, Trinity Lutheran College
“…The CSI experience entertains both young and old alike with interactive crime-solving techniques like autopsy, DNA analysis and toxicology…Whether you’re dealing with a car crashing into a home, a dead body found near a dumpster or bones in a desert, each case gives an insightful look into the world of forensic science…People can learn about DNA, blood, fibres and everything related to the crime and different fields of forensics like biology, chemistry and anthropology.” LACHLAN HORRIGAN, Year 12, Southport State High School and ADAM HORRIGAN, Year 10, Southport State High School
The 1,110 square-metre exhibition is designed for visitors 11 years of age and older and developed in consultation with 175 forensic science experts. Visitors are guided through an interactive forensic detection process that closely parallels the realities of crime scene investigation.
Our detectives have the opportunity to engage in a new form of interactive, experiential learning described by CSI Executive Producer Jerry Bruckheimer as ‘edu-tainment’. The exhibition is a hybrid of entertainment and science where an interactive multimedia environment is to provide educational value with a touch of pop culture appeal.
The ‘new recruits’ are invited to solve cases using scientific principles and techniques such as DNA and firearms analysis, toxicology and more currently employed by forensic detectives today and as seen on multi award winning and long running hit television crime series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, upon which the exhibition is based.
Upon arriving at CSI: The Experience, visitors are assigned one of three meticulously constructed ‘crime scenes’ available and tasked with solving the case by identifying and recording evidence and processing findings in the ‘crime labs’ and ‘autopsy room’ before presenting their findings to department head and popular television personality ‘Gil Grissom’, portrayed on television by actor William Petersen.
This is the exhibition’s first ever visit to Australia, following its triumphs in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
About CBS Consumer Products
CBS Consumer Products manages worldwide licensing and merchandising for a diverse slate of television brands and series from CBS, CBS Television Studios and CBS Television Distribution, as well as from the company’s extensive library of titles, Showtime and CBS Films. Additionally, the group oversees online sales of programming merchandise. For more information, visit www.cbsconsumerproducts.com.
About EMS Exhibits
EMS Exhibits, a division of Vienna-based Event Marketing Service GmbH, Austria, is the official international and exclusive booking agent & promoter of CSI: The Experience. Since its founding in 1993 by Christoph Rahofer, EMS Exhibits has led successful promotional and marketing campaigns for such world-class exhibits as National Geographic’s Tutankhamun and the World of the Pharaohs, as well as produced shows such as EMS’s own 1000 years of INCAgold, Leonardo Da Vinci: Man – Inventor – Genius, 100 Masterpieces as well as family entertainment interactive exhibits like Dinosaurs – Live!, The Barbie Story, World of Games and Busy Beees!. EMS Exhibits just recently was awarded the global touring rights to Star Trek: The Exhibition. www.event-marketing.com
About the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Dedicated to life-long learning and anchored by its rich collections, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History engages its diverse community through creative, vibrant programs and exhibits interpreting science and the history of Texas and the Southwest. Since the mid-1980s, the Museum has annually welcomed nearly a million visitors, making it one of the most popular cultural attractions in North Texas.
About Piazza Surfers Paradise
Piazza Surfers Paradise is located in the heart of Queensland’s Surfers Paradise on the vibrant Gold Coast, adjoining the Holiday Inn (formerly the ANA) hotel. Entry to the new exhibition space is on Elkhorn Avenue, opposite Orchard Avenue. The Piazza Surfers Paradise has two levels of dedicated undercover parking for patrons, with driveway entrance on View Street.
About Frontier Events
Frontier Events is a division of The Frontier Touring Company, Australia’s leading concert promoter. Frontier Events manages and organises entertainment for government, global corporations and major international sporting events. CSI: The Experience will be the second major exhibition presented by Frontier Events following 2010’s highly successful attendance record-breaking Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition in Melbourne.
WHAT: CSI: The Experience
WHEN: Only until 22 APRIL 2012
- Open 10am-10pm daily (last entry 8.30pm)
- Closed Christmas Day
WHERE: PIAZZA SURFERS PARADISE
Entry on Elkhorn Avenue, Surfers Paradise
TICKETS: Avoid the queue! Pre-book your tickets
- Tickets for all remaining sessions up to 22 April 2012 on sale NOW!
- Ticketek www.ticketek.com.au/csi or 132 849
SCHOOL GROUP INFORMATION:
Minimum: 12+ school students
Session times: Monday-Thursday 10:45am, 11:15am, 12.45pm, 1:15pm
Prices: School Group $12.50* per student
- 1 complimentary teacher ticket with every 12 students purchased
- Any additional teachers/chaperones will be charged the normal ticket prices)