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Lichterman Nature Center is a certified arboretum and nature center located in East Memphis, Tennessee. [1] It has many outdoor and indoor animal exhibits, as well as several activities and events. The Lichterman Nature Center is one of the facilities within the Pink Palace Family of Museums .
The Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium in Memphis. Coon Creek Science Center, the site of Upper Cretaceous fossil finds and a museum in Adamsville, Tennessee [2] Lichterman Nature Center, an arboretum/nature center/wildlife museum in Memphis [3] Mallory-Neely House, a historic home in the Victorian Village of Memphis [4]
The Lichterman Nature Center, the first accredited nature center in the United States, is part of the museum, as well as the Coon Creek Science Center, an education center which is open to organized groups and features a fossil site. [1] The Mallory-Neely House and Magevney House are also part of the museum. The Mallory-Neely House is a three ...
The Memphis Zoo is a zoo in Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee, United States. There are no Tennessee Tuesdays in March at the Memphis Zoo. [3] It is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species. Created in April 1906, the zoo has been a major tenant of Overton Park for more than 100 years. The land currently designated to ...
Chickasaw Gardens is located on land that was originally part of the estate of Clarence Saunders, the Memphis inventor of the first self-service grocery store named 'Piggly Wiggly'. The Chickasaw Gardens lake was originally constructed as part of an elaborate garden with rustic bridges and a playhouse for Saunders' children.
Shelby Farms is a public park located in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, in East Memphis.It is one of the largest urban parks in the US and the world, at a size of 4,500 acres (1,800 ha) and covers more than five times the area of Central Park in New York City with 843 acres (341 ha).
Due to the lack of natural predators, the wildlife in the Galápagos is extremely tame and has no instinctive fear. [1] The Galápagos Islands are home to a remarkable number of endemic species. The stark rocky islands (many with few plants) made it necessary for many species to adapt to survive and by doing so evolved into new species.
The Meeman Museum and Nature Center— named for conservationist and journalist Edward J. Meeman, the former editor of the Memphis Press-Scimitar, — is located on the park's grounds. The park covers 12,539 acres (50.74 km 2) and is the most visited state park in Tennessee. [1] The unincorporated community Shelby Forest is adjacent to the park.