The Hot Wax Volcano exhibit enables visitors to create many features of a shield volcano from hot wax. Turning a handwheel clockwise pushes molten wax out of a hole in a large circular flat steel plate. Wax then flows over the surface to create an additive volcano-like structure. Using various combinations of pumping and waiting, qualities of real flowing lava are easily achieved.

 

Exhibit concept designs provided by Gyroscope Inc.

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Location:

​Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, GA

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI

Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK