For so many years our family has been enjoying The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. It isn’t just one of the oldest museums in the country, it’s the leading museum for innovation, science and technology. Known for it’s interactive learning and entertaining exhibits their newest, The Science Behind Pixar might be their best yet.

- In Sets & Cameras, visitors will discover how a bugs-eye view was achieved for A Bug’s Life by viewing an actual set from a bug’s perspective through a viewing portal and then using camera angles and large-set design techniques on a touch-screen computer.
- Visitors will learn how Toy Story’s digital sculptures are created based on sketches from artists in Modeling.
- Visitors will enter a scene from Finding Nemo in Lighting to solve challenges similar to what Pixar artists faced in creating animated water with virtual light.
- Rigging showcases how the models are given a virtual skeleton to enable the animators to add movement. Here, visitors can see a virtual model of Sulley from Monsters, Inc., which has 30,000 posable points.
- In Surfaces visitors can immerse themselves in the techniques behind adding color and texture to every surface in a film by designing “skins” for computer models of characters from Cars.
The Science Behind Pixar at The Franklin Institute

Toy Story is by far my favorite Pixar movie.
I haven’t been to the Franklin Institute in years…… This would be a great reason to go back and relive the many great experiences. Also Toy Story is my favorite movie.
Toy Story
Finding Nemo is my favorite Pixar movie.
that’s one of my favorites too
They are all my favorites – but there is something about UP that really tugs at my heart strings even more then the others!
Honestly I’ve never watched UP in it’s entirety.
We love Toy Story!
Maureen
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Toy Story!
Cars!
Finding Nemo is my favorite Pixar Movie.
Toy Story is the best!