Imaginarium

An imaginarium refers to 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.

Existing imaginariums

• The Imaginarium Convention of Louisville, Kentucky is a writers convention that offers, panels, workshops, art, a film festival, a masquerade ball that hosts a costume/cosplay contest.^[1] It is a melting pot for writers, aspiring writers, publishers, readers, and anyone in the creative writing business to meet and network and learn. Imaginarium 2014 takes place September 19-21st at the Louisville, Kentucky Crown Plaza Expo Center.
• Imaginarium For Kids is as educational center and licensed daycare in Richmond Hill, Ontario.^[2] The center opened in 2014 and provides childcare, after school, camp and enrichment programs during the weekends.
• The Imaginarium (a.k.a. The Imaginarium at Dreams Playland) is a recreational and educational center in Vaughan, Ontario.^[3] In 2010, the center launched Daycare, After School, and Camp Programs. The Imaginarium is a place where students build confidence, creativity, and leadership skills.
• The Imaginarium Discovery Center is a children's science discovery center within the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska.^[4]
• The Imaginarium of South Texas is a children's museum and informal science center at Mall del Norte in Laredo, Texas.^[5]
• The Imaginarium Science Center is a science museum and aquarium in Fort Myers, Florida.^[6] It features science exhibits, a 3-D theatre, dinosaurs, aquarium displays, a touch tank with stingrays and more.
• The Imaginarium Science Centre of Devonport, Tasmania is a hands-on science museum that is part of Pandemonium: Discovery and Adventure Centre.^[7]
• Imaginarium Events is a fetish nightclub promotion company based in London, England. Their events encourage visitors to explore their sensual imaginations in a friendly, safe and consensual space. Currently their events are held at the Union nightclub in Vauxhall.^[8][9]
• The Alan Turing Imaginarium is an events space at BBC MediaCityUK in Salford, England.

Imaginaria 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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