Future Sensations exhibit makes stop at the Oval with a Beer Garden

Beginning Saturday, May 30 through Saturday, June 6 French building material company Saint-Gobain introduces its global exhibition, "Future Sensations" at Eakins Oval (Benjamin Franklin Pkwy) for the only United States stop on its tour.

The exhibition celebrates its 350 year anniversary with five extraordinary pavilions that explore science and storytelling through vision, sounds, color, creativity, and history.

Featured exhibits:

Pavilion 1 – A Reflection in Progress: During the day, viewers will see a cube composed completely of mirrors that will play off the sites and sky. At night, the mirrors light up with LED rays. Take a walk inside the structure and experience a three minute showing of imagery representing the past, present, and future.

Pavilion 2 – A New Sensation: A giant padded cube on the outside and lighted insulated room inside, this structure explores urban, nature, and nautical sounds.

Pavilion 3 – The Stuff of Dreams: Check out this bright carousel shining through the night, that will give guests a vision of numerous revolving colors. Think of it as a giant kaleidoscope.

Pavilion 4 – The Art of the Matter: From the look outside you'll see a spiral shaped staircase going in all directions. Walk inside this structure and experience colorful shapes, squares, and ever changing colors that will have your mind in awe.

Pavilion 5 – History and Future: Made exclusively for Philadelphia, this 70 foot dome gives visitors a 360 degree experience, with a little history lesson about Saint-Gobain and the impact they have made on architectural design.

Alongside the temporary exhibit, a pop-up beer garden will be on site for drinks as well as Philly's finest food trucks and vendors such as Little Baby's Ice Cream, Foo Truck, Mama's Meatballs, Local 215, Dadz  Grilled Cheese, and more.

Exhibition times:

Saturday, May 30 from noon to 10 p.m.
Sunday, May 31 from noon to 7 p.m.
Monday, June 1 from noon to 6 p.m.
Tuesday, June 2 - Saturday, June 6 from noon to 10 p.m.

Beer Garden times:

Saturday, May 30 from noon to 10 p.m.
Sunday, May 31 from noon to 7 p.m.
Monday, June 1 – Closed
Tuesday, June 2 – Friday, June 5 from 5 to 10 p.m.
Saturday, June 6 from noon to 10 p.m.

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