RMSC permanent exhibits offer visitors unique, interactive educational experiences. For example, the "Science on a Sphere" exhibit is an interactive globe and three-dimensional data projection system that changes real-time data from Earth and other planets into graphic representations. Permanent "Simulator Rides" include a submarine dive to the bottom of Lake Ontario and a hurricane simulator. The "Inventor Center" allows visitors participate in different main problem-solving challenges that are presented every four to five months, while "Electricity Theater" is a science show that features a display of indoor bolts of musical lightning produced by twin solid-state Tesla coils. "Illumination: The World of Light and Optics" is a permanent exhibit that features interactive opportunities to learn about reflection, refraction, radio waves, color temperature, etc.