GeorgiaThe Tellus Science Museum near Cartersville is a 120,000-square-foot natural history and science museum and a Smithsonian Affiliate. It grew out of the Weinman Mineral Museum, founded in 1983 to showcase Bartow County's rich mineral deposits; after that facility closed, a far larger institution was built with county bond funding and state grants, opening as Tellus in 2009 under the nonprofit Georgia Museums, Inc. Four main galleries anchor the experience: the Weinman Mineral Gallery, a Fossil Gallery featuring dinosaurs and prehistoric life, the transportation-themed Science in Motion, and the hands-on My Big Backyard. The campus also includes a 120-seat digital planetarium and an observatory with a 20-inch telescope, making it one of north Georgia's premier science destinations.
Tellus Science Museum
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Tellus Science Museum is a museum in Cartersville, Bartow County. It is one of 4 museums documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.2415, -84.7730 near Cartersville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Harris II - Meter Satellite Earth Station Antenna (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include ca. 1960 Euclid Dump Truck, ca. 1930 Whitcomb 15-ton Model 15DM4 Locomotive, and ca. 1925 P&H Dragline Model 206.
This record is drawn from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Tellus Science Museum near Cartersville is a 120,000-square-foot natural history and science museum and a Smithsonian Affiliate. It grew out of the Weinman Mineral Museum, founded in 1983 to showcase Bartow County's rich mineral deposits; after that facility closed, a far larger institution was built with county bond funding and state grants, opening as Tellus in 2009 under the nonprofit Georgia Museums, Inc. Four main galleries anchor the experience: the Weinman Mineral Gallery, a Fossil Gallery featuring dinosaurs and prehistoric life, the transportation-themed Science in Motion, and the hands-on My Big Backyard. The campus also includes a 120-seat digital planetarium and an observatory with a 20-inch telescope, making it one of north Georgia's premier science destinations.
Sources: tellusmuseum.orgen.wikipedia.org
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