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An '''imaginarium''' ({{plural form}}: '''imaginaria''') is a place devoted to the imagination. There are various types of imaginaria, centers largely devoted to stimulating and cultivating the imagination, towards scientific, artistic, commercial, recreational, or spiritual ends.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
==Examples== * The '''Imaginarium Discovery Center''' is a children's science discovery center within the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska.<ref>{{cite web|title=Imaginarium Discovery Center|url=https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits-events/permanent-exhibits/imaginarium-discovery-center/|publisher=Anchorage Museum|accessdate=20 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129053632/https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits-events/permanent-exhibits/imaginarium-discovery-center/|archivedate=29 November 2014}}</ref> * The '''Imaginarium of South Texas''' is a children's museum and informal science center at Mall del Norte in Laredo, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.istx.org/#!imagine-award/cdcs|title=2013 Imagine Award Winners|publisher=istx.org|accessdate=October 13, 2015}}</ref> * The '''Imaginarium Science Center''' is a science museum and aquarium in Fort Myers, Florida.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official site|url=http://www.imaginariumfortmyers.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304205701/http://www.imaginariumfortmyers.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 4, 2009|publisher=Imaginarium Science Center|accessdate=20 November 2014}}</ref> It features science exhibits, a 3-D theatre, dinosaurs, aquarium displays, a touch tank with stingrays and more. * The '''Bluedorn Science Imaginarium''' was a science center in Waterloo, Iowa that operated as part of the Grout Museum district from 1993 to 2025 when it closed, with plans to bring the exhibits back into the main building. * The '''Imaginarium Science Centre''' of Devonport, Tasmania is a hands-on science museum that is part of Pandemonium: Discovery and Adventure Centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=Imaginarium Science Centre|url=http://www.pandemoniumtas.com.au/imaginarium/|publisher=Pandemonium: Discovery and Adventure Centre|accessdate=20 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130002806/http://www.pandemoniumtas.com.au/imaginarium/|archivedate=30 November 2014}}</ref> *[[Imaginarium]], a discontinued toy brand, now brought back by Juguettos in Spain.
==In popular culture== * In ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'', the immortal mystic Doctor Parnassus runs a nomadic theater troupe who lure people through a mirror that shows them a world of their deepest subconscious desires, where their souls are put to the test.
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Category:Tourist attractions Category:Types of museums Category:Imagination
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