Tellus Science Museum

Science museum in White, Georgia

Weinman Mineral Gallery
The Fossil Gallery
Science in Motion
Collins Family My Big Backyard

CollectionsMinerals and fossilsCollection size120,000 sq ftDirectorJose SantamariaNearest parkingLarge lots on siteWebsiteTellus Science Museum

Tellus Science Museum is a natural history and science museum near Cartersville, Georgia, United States, 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. Entrance fees vary.^[1] The museum holds multiple special events throughout the year, many revolving around the Bentley Planetarium and observatory facility.^[1] The largest displays consist of a large fossil exhibit and mineral gallery.^[1]

Facility contents

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

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

^ ^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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