Tellus Science Museum
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Former name | Weinman Mineral Museum |
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| Established | 1 April 1974 |
| Location | 100 Tellus Drive White, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 34°14′32″N 84°46′15″W / 34.24216°N 84.77084°W |
| Type | Science museum |
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| Collections | Mineral and Fossils |
| Collection size | 120,000 sq ft |
| Director | Jose Santamaria |
| Nearest parking | Large lots on site |
| Website | Tellus Science Museum |
Tellus Science Museum is a natural history and science museum near Cartersville, Georgia with a facility of over 120,000 square feet.[1] It is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. The museum is open daily from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM closing only on major holidays, and entrance fees vary.[1] The museum also has multiple special events scheduled throughout the year, many revolving around the Bentley Planetarium and observatory facility.[1] The largest displays consist of a very large fossil exhibit and mineral gallery.[1]
Facility contents[edit]
- Weinman Mineral Gallery
- Fossil Gallery with well-detailed casts of Mesozoic land and marine creatures
- Millar Science in Motion Gallery exhibiting past and modern transportation displays
- Collins Family My Big Backyard exhibiting hands on experiments with light, sound, magnetism and electricity.
- Bentley Planetarium
- Observatory with a 20-inch Planewave reflecting telescope and a Coronado solar scope
- Theater
- Banquet Halls
- The Vault sub gallery featuring local mineral, paleontological and archeological treasures
- The Crossroads Gallery featuring recent to modern marvels
- West Virginia University Solar House built by university students for the 2015 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
History[edit]
Tellus was founded as the Weinman Mineral Museum in 1983, which closed in 2007 and reopened as Tellus Science Museum in 2009.[2] The museum retains the original mineral displays in the Weinman Mineral Gallery.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Tellus Museum". TellusMuseum.org. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
- ^ "Weinman Mineral Museum". About North Georgia. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ Turner, Dorie (April 6, 2009). "Dig for dinosaurs at new Georgia science museum". USA Today. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
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