11 items | 52 visits
Informal educational institutions. Mostly science/technology-related.
Updated on 2008-11-12
Created on 2008-04-05
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Links to and some reviews of Science and Technology Centers around the world.
Located in Doylestown (Bucks Co.), PA. The Mercer Museum houses 40,000 early American (pre-1850) tools arranged by trade, craft or occupation in small rooms set up like very crowded workshops of various sorts: shoemaking, glass blowing, confectionary, coopering, etc.\n\nClick on the link or go to <http://www.mercermuseum.org/cms/files/MM_GUIDE_4_07_web_ID3306.pdf> for a PDF of the floor plan.
A health and medicine museum in operation since 1862. Exhibits often focus on military medicine, and often don't spare the squeamish.
A 35-acre public sculpture park located in Hamilton, NJ. Managable and engaging.
Henry Huntington began developing the Botanical Gardens in 1903. Now they span nearly 120 acres with sweeping lawns and vistas interspersed with statuary, tempiettos, and benches. Approximately 15,000 kinds of plants from all over the world make up the botanical collections, many landscaped into a series of theme gardens.
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, all in one place! Exhibits re-create the natural landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region so realistically you find yourself eye-to-eye with mountain lions, prairie dogs, Gila monsters, and more. Within the Museum grounds, you will see more than 300 animal species and 1,200 kinds of plants. There are almost 2 miles of paths traversing 21 acres of desert.
The eight-acre botanical Gardens at the Springs Preserve features a wide range of desert landscapes and demonstrates native and non-native desert plant life with interpretive stations and hands-on activities.
Nevada's largest and one of the world's largest collections of its kind. Based on the English landscape model of naturalistic design, the Ethel M® Botanical Cactus Garden features four acres of drought-tolerant ornamentals, cacti, and other succulents.\n\nOver 300 species of plants can be found on the grounds. Half are cacti and succulents largely native to the American Southwest, and the rest are desert trees and shrubs from the Southwestern United States, Australia, and South America. All of these plants were chosen both for the beauty of their floral displays and their ability to adapt to the climate of Southern Nevada. The types of rock used are Utah Bali Hai chocolate and Arizona moss rock (from the Grand Canyon region).
Comprehensive lisitng of Museums, Science Centers, Zoos, Gardens, Farms and Cultural Centers in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
A design museum in the Hudson Valley with changing exhibits that often explore the intersection between art, science and mathematics.
11 items | 52 visits
Informal educational institutions. Mostly science/technology-related.
Updated on 2008-11-12
Created on 2008-04-05
Category: Schools & Education
URL: