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Fernbank is a nonprofit natural history museum, giant screen theater and old-growth forest, and is not affiliated with Fernbank Science Center, which operates as a division of DeKalb County Schools.
Fernbank is a nonprofit natural history museum, giant screen theater and old-growth forest, and is not affiliated with Fernbank Science Center, which operates as a division of DeKalb County Schools.
Fernbank Museum. Discover a World of Wow at Fernbank, Atlanta's Science and Nature Experience. Come in, go out, and see what's new with three stories of indoor museum exhibits; multiple indoor and outdoor dinosaur displays; 75 acres of outdoor nature adventures and play areas; and amazing 25-minute movies on a four-story giant screen theater ...
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- "A School in The Woods" — Fernbank Museum
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In the late 1800s, a young woman named Emily Harrison saw an irreplaceable treasure in the vastly shrinking woodlands of Atlanta. Ahead of her time, perhaps, this naturalist led the charge to preserve 65 acres of forest in the shadows of city expansion and neighborhood development. It's believed that one of her favorite places in the forest was a c...
Fernbank Museum may be the only natural history museum to "grow" out of a forest. After nearly 100 years of inspiration and decades of planning, ground was broken in 1989 for a natural history museum that would fulfill Ms. Harrison's dream of a "school in the woods" and inspire future generations of naturalists and scientists. Built along the borde...
Fernbank Museum opened its doors on Oct. 5, 1992, featuring a variety of exciting permanent exhibitions, Atlanta's largest IMAX® screen, a selection of traveling exhibits and unique science program...Fernbank is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums — a recognition awarded to fewer than 5% of museums nationwide. Museums are able to apply for accreditation after 10 years of operation, a...In 2001, Fernbank became the first museum to display the world's largest dinosaurs in the permanent exhibition Giants of the Mesozoic.In 2004, Fernbank was selected as the permanent home of The St. Catherines Island Foundation and Edward John Noble Foundation Collection, which includes more than one million Native American and Eu...Fernbank Museum of Natural History, in Atlanta, Georgia, is a museum that presents exhibitions and programming about natural history. Fernbank Museum has a number of permanent exhibitions and regularly hosts temporary exhibitions in its expansive facility, designed by Graham Gund Architects.
Fernbank Forest and WildWoods come alive with dramatic yellows and oranges as the leaves change. Explore immersive and interactive exhibits for children (Nature Stories) and tweens (Adventure Outpost).
