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Top 23 Natural History locations in United States
byShiry
Live update: Updated July 26, 2021Copy link
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PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
ShiryThe Adams Museum is the Black Hills’ oldest history museum. In 1930 pioneer businessman W.E. Adams founded the Adams Museum in downtown Deadwood with the purpose of preserving and displaying the history of the Black Hills. He donated the building to the City of Deadwood and placed the operation of the organization in the hands of a board of directors.
2. Maturango Museum of the Indian Wells Valley
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryFounded in 1962, the Maturango Museum is an important educational and cultural resource in Ridgecrest, California. In addition to the exhibit galleries, which feature the natural and cultural history of the Upper Mojave Desert, the Museum sponsors many programs and tours, including tours to the world-famous Coso petroglyphs. The museum also has an art gallery that sponsors 6 shows throughout the year. The Museum is an information center for Death Valley, the Northern Mojave Desert, and the Highway 395 and 178 corridors. We are open every day 10-5, excluding major holidays.
3. Powerhouse Science Center Discovery Museum Campus ("IDs)
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryA Sacramento staple for more than 65 years, the Powerhouse Science Center Discovery Campus provides informal STEM education. Our mission is to engage and inspire people of all ages to explore the wonders, possibilities, and responsibilities of science. Through hands-on activities, you and your family can discover science together.
4. Delaware Museum of Natural History
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryExplore an African watering hole … navigate the Great Barrier Reef … discover a Giant Squid… come face to face with a jaguar… encounter life-sized dinosaurs… marvel at the diversity of birds and shells from around the world. These and many other discoveries await you at the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
5. Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites is a statewide museum system with 12 locations, offering visitors a chance to engage with Indiana’s past and present and see how their actions help shape the future. At each location, visitors are invited to explore big questions and create lasting experiences that will resonate long after each visit ends. Whether interested in art or architecture, history or science, there’s something for everyone and every interest. The Indianapolis museum is located in White River State Park in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. The historic sites are located statewide, stretching from Rome City in northeastern Indiana to Angel Mounds in the southeast.
6. University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History ("IDs)
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryExplore thousands of years of human history and millions of years of natural history, all with an emphasis on Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Investigate the past and imagine the future through world-class collections and stunning displays—with family-friendly sections throughout.
7. The REACH (formerly Hanford Reach Interpretive Center)
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryRecommended this place!
8. Maine Mineral & Gem Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Maine Mineral and Gem Museum showcases our geological history, displays renowned mineral and rock collections, provides educational opportunities for the novice and expert alike, conducts historical and geological research and is a Maine travel destination for residents and visitors. MMGM will house the finest collection of Maine minerals and gems. It will include the famous Perham Collection, viewed by generations in a local mineral store that operated for ninety years. MMGM will display one of the world’s foremost collections of extraterrestrial rocks—meteorites from Mars, the Moon and the Asteroid Belt that teach us about the origins of our Solar System.
9. New Britain Youth Museum and Hungerford Nature Center
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryFor over 62 years, the New Britain Youth Museum (NBYM) has served the citizens of central Connecticut by providing high-quality educational programs in the arts, humanities and natural sciences. Two locations have been established to meet our mission; NBYM at Hungerford Park, a 30-acre nature- and animal rehabilitation center in Kensington, and our downtown New Britain site, an intimate museum with changing exhibits and interactive activities for children of all ages. Both locations are open year-round.
10. Wagner Free Institute of Science
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryRecommended this place!
11. Warren County Historical Society
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12. Lakeshore Museum Center
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe mission of the Lakeshore Museum Center and its Historic Sites is to inspire curiosity and wonder about Muskegon County’s natural and cultural history through our interactive exhibits and experiential programs.
13. Everglades Wonder Gardens
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Reptile Gardens attraction has been a focal point of Bonita Springs since Bill and Lester Piper created the facility to rehabilitate injured animals. The park remained in the Piper family for over 80 years and has been non profit since 2015. It has become a place for visitors to enjoy the botanical gardens and see wildlife in an intimate, immersive and educational way, something that modern parks cannot provide.
14. Kenosha Public Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Kenosha Public Museum, located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is a natural sciences and fine and decorative arts museum.
15. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryWhere else can you cover 26,000 square miles in a day on foot? From dinosaurs to conquistadors, you’ll find it all in Texas’ largest history museum. Relive the stories of courage and hardship, victory and defeat over the past 14,000 years. Step in and step back to the Old West in a life-size Pioneer Town, view one of the Southwest’s finest art collections, experience the exciting history of the petroleum industry, and more.
16. Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum collects, preserves, and explores the cultural, and related natural, history of Jackson Hole and the Greater Yellowstone area through education, research, public programming, and partnership. Visit our museum in downtown Jackson, Wyoming to learn more about Native Americans, Fur Trappers and Explorers, Homesteaders, Ranchers, outdoor recreationalists, and our contemporary community. Visit our website for more details.
17. The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Historical Museum at Fort Missoula is Missoula County’s history museum. We offer visitors a place to wonder, to reminisce, to learn about our county’s history, and how our community’s past makes Missoula and the nation what it is today.
18. Museum of Northern Arizona
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryRecommended this place!
19. Great Valley Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Great Valley Museum opens minds, touches hearts, and inspires action towards discovering, appreciating, and preserving our natural heritage and environment. Science literacy and the unique Central Valley are promoted by engaging students, educators and the community through onsite and outreach programs. The Museum serves as a resource to educational institutions, including Modesto Junior College.
20. Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryRecommended this place!
21. Oakland Museum of California
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) brings together collections of art, history, and natural science under one roof to tell the extraordinary stories of California and its people. OMCA’s groundbreaking exhibits tell the many stories that comprise California with many voices, often drawing on first-person accounts by people who have shaped California’s cultural heritage. Visitors are invited to actively participate in the Museum as they learn about the natural, artistic, and social forces that affect the state and investigate their own role in both its history and its future. With more than 1.9 million objects, OMCA is a leading cultural institution of the Bay Area and a resource for the research and understanding of California’s dynamic cultural and environmental heritage. visit: www.museumca.org
22. Ocean Institute
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Ocean Institute invites you to explore the ocean’s underwater world and California’s fascinating maritime history through fun, interactive programs and family activities that indulge your ocean curiosity.
23. Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryRecommended this place!
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