Fast Facts
Zoo in You offers visitors fun, interactive ways to learn about the human body’s constant microbial companions, where they live, how diverse they are, and in what ways scientists are realizing just how important they are to overall health.
$35,000/3 months, plus shipping
Bilingual English-Spanish
Full-body challenges

Did you know trillions of microbes make their homes inside your body? In fact, these non-human organisms outnumber our human cells 10 to 1 and “colonize” us right from birth! Zoo in You offers visitors fun, interactive ways to learn about the human body’s constant microbial companions, where they live, how diverse they are, and in what ways scientists are realizing just how important they are to overall health.
Visitors come face to face with full-body microbial reflection at the Kinect-style Microbe Mirror and navigate a tilt-table maze to learn how a newborn baby is first colonized by microbes. Hands-on components with green screen technology let them give a “weather report” on the current conditions of their nose, mouth, gut, or skin. Whether it’s racing against the clock to reconstruct a DNA puzzle, peering into a microscope to see real preserved microbe specimens, or discovering the four major kinds of microbes (bacteria, archaea, fungi and viruses) visitors get up close and personal with Zoo In You.
Virtual Tour
Availability
- Fall 2019
Flint Hills Discovery Center | Manhattan, KS
- Spring 2020
Western Heritage Museum | Hobbs, NM
- Summer 2020
Mobius Science Center | Spokane, WA
- Fall 2020
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- Spring 2021
Tellus Science Museum | Cartersville, GA
- Summer 2021
Tellus Science Museum | Cartersville, GA
- Fall 2021
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- Spring 2022
Refurbishment | OMSI
- Summer 2022
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- Fall 2022
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- Spring 2023
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School Resources
A collection of PDFs and guides for museum staff and teachers to expand on the educational content of the exhibit, including in-classroom experiments and activities for your museum floor.
Museum Resources
Media Resources
All the logos, images, and assets you need to properly market the exhibit, promote sponsors, and get guests excited about their visit!
Check out OMSI's Zoo In You website to learn more about the exhibition, the human microbiome, and find additional educational resources.















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Partners
Zoo In You: The Human Microbiome is made possible by an award from the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), Project Number 1R25RR032210-01, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).