Atlanta, GA, 30307
404-378-0127
URL : http://www.fernbank.edu/museum
overview : Open our doors to a world of dinosaurs, ancient treasures, artifacts, science interactives, shells, wildlife, IMAX® films and more. Unique permanent exhibitions such as A Walk Through Time in Georgia, Sensing Nature and Giants of the Mesozoic combine with distinctive special exhibitions, educational programming and unique travel opportunities to teach visitors about the earths history, the physical universe, the environment and human culture.
collections : Fernbank Museum of Natural History is the first museum in the world to collectively assemble the world's largest dinosaurs in the groundbreaking permanent exhibition, Giants of the Mesozoic. Unearthed in the badlands of Patagonia, Argentina, Giganotosaurus, a 47-foot-long meat eater, and Argentinosaurus, a 126- to 127-foot-long plant eater, are joined by a flock of flying pterosaurs in the Museums 86-foot-tall Great Hall. The engaging exhibition envelops visitors in a prehistoric scene that captures the surprise attack of Giganotosaurus upon the massive Argentinosaurus as three Anhanguera, a species of pterosaur, observe from above. A flock of 21 smaller pterosaurs, Pterodaustro, scatter in reaction to the erupting attack scene below.
hours (subject to change) : Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
topics : natural history, dinosuar, dinosaurs, interactives, preshitoric, children s, imax, films, archeology, dinosaurs, history, general, prehistoric, ancient, contemporary, african, asian, American, middle, eastern, hispanic, imax, interactive, anthropology, aquariums, archaeology, astronomy, entomology, evolution, fossils, geology, living history, local history, minerology, ornithology, paleontology, photography
