“Oh Good Heavens…What is That?”

The Bridge of Life is being built in Amador at the beginning of the Causeway of the Pacific entrance to the Canal. It is called Bridge of Life because its aim is to make one aware that Panama plays a unique role itself as the "Bridge of Life." Panama has more than 30,000 thousand species between animals and plants. Scientists also believe that the formation collected about the Isthmus of Panama is one of the most important geologic events to have happened on Earth in the last 60 million years. It is a tiny space of land which when it rose from the depths of the sea changed climates and landscapes simply by altering how water moved and flowed. The Atlantic became saltier; Europe became warmer through the creating of the Gulf Stream just to mention a few climatic and atmospheric changes. In addition to this the Isthmus created a bridge through which species migrated from North to South and vice versa creating the biodiversity we have in both American continents, in fact it was the bridge of life. It is a building site that could make you turn in your car seat to gaze at the unique shape and design of the building under construction and it is going to be amazing. This building will offer a memorable visual experience even when viewed from afar it will probably raise many questions from uninformed viewers. The roof is made from colored panels resembling handkerchiefs waving in the wind. The actual idea is that they resemble the leaves of trees which overlap and allow sinlight to filter through them.

The museum will have galleries plus the botanical garden. The galleries are: the Biodiversity Gallery, Panamarama, the Bridge Arises, the Great Exchange, the Web of Life, Oceans Divided, Panama is the Museum ~ i.e., creation the world as we know it, the continents, the ice ages, the movement of humans and animals, how the ecosystems interwine, conservation of our planets and more. it will showcase the diversity of the eco-system in this nation that spans two mighty oceans. Other exhibits include interdependent ecological systems, full scale models of extinct animals that once roamed the isthmus. Oceanographers will enjoy displays of aquatic ecosystems of the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean.