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Tellus Science Museum

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Tellus Science Museum
Tellus Science Museum exterior
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Former name
Weinman Mineral Museum
Established1 April 1974 (1974-04-01)
Location100 Tellus Drive
White, Georgia
Coordinates34°14′32″N 84°46′15″W / 34.24216°N 84.77084°W / 34.24216; -84.77084
TypeScience museum
Key holdings
  • Weinman Mineral Gallery
  • The Fossil Gallery
  • Science in Motion
  • Collins Family My Big Backyard
CollectionsMinerals and fossils
Collection size120,000 sq ft
DirectorAdam Wade
Nearest parkingLarge lots on site
WebsiteTellus 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]

Brontosaurus skeleton in the main lobby

Facility contents

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  • 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

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Solar arrays at the museum

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

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  1. ^ a b c d "Tellus Museum". TellusMuseum.org. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "Weinman Mineral Museum". About North Georgia. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. ^ Turner, Dorie (April 6, 2009). "Dig for dinosaurs at new Georgia science museum". USA Today. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
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