Natural History Museum Fernbank Museum of Natural History is an American natural science museum in Atlanta , Georgia . The museum displays various representatives of the ancient fauna, including gigantic fossil species of the Mesozoic era : the Argentinosaurus and Giganotosaurus . A separate room is dedicated to the ancient history of the state and the evolution of the planet as a whole. The Fernbank Museum has repeatedly won national and international awards for the latest thematic exhibition NatureQuest, created in collaboration with the Thinkwell Group [1] [2] [3] .
| Natural History Museum Fernbank | |
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| Fernbank Museum of Natural History | |
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| Established | 1992 |
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| Address | USA: Atlanta , Georgia |
| Visitors per year | 500 thousand / year |
| Director | Susan Nugent |
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History
The history of the Fernbank Museum begins at the end of the 19th century, when Emily Harrison decides to keep the forests east of Atlanta intact. In 1939, she finds like-minded people, with whom she acquires 65 acres of forest to save him from the influence of a fast-growing city. The virgin forest is used to teach biology to county students, for which the Fernbank Science Center was built on an adjoining piece of land in 1967. In 1989, work began on the creation of the museum, which opens the door to the public on October 5, 1992 [4] .
Museum Composition
The following expositions are presented in the museum.
- Giants of the Mesozoic - a collection of the largest dinosaurs on the planet;
- The st Catherines Island Foundation and Edward John Noble Foundation Collection - A collection of cultural objects of Indians and European settlers;
- Fernbank NatureQuest - an interactive exhibition for children.
Notes
- ↑ NatureQuest at Fernbank Museum of Natural History .
- ↑ 18th Thea Awards . Archived October 31, 2013.
- ↑ 2011 EVENT DESIGN AWARD WINNERS . Archived October 31, 2013.
- ↑ Fernbank - History . Date of treatment March 11, 2015. Archived July 5, 2011.