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Fernbank puts on special activities for adults and children including camps, lectures, workshops, interactive conversations, family activity days, and storytelling. One of Fernbank's most popular [citation needed] events, Fernbank After Dark runs the second Friday of each month and features hands-on educational activities, drinks, food and live ...
Dr. Ralph L. Buice, Jr. Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Fernbank Science Center. It is located between Decatur and Atlanta, Georgia (USA). The observatory owns a 0.9144 m (36.00 in) Cassegrain telescope housed beneath a 10 m (33 ft) dome.
The Fernbank Science Center opened in December 1967, and is an educational facility and an integral part of the DeKalb County School District. It provides programs for the science education of local students, pre-K-12. Both its planetarium and observatory are open for public shows on specific occasions. [1]
Warner and Swasey Observatory: 1919 Cleveland, Ohio, US Warren Rupp Observatory: 1985 Mansfield, Ohio, US University of Warsaw Observatory: 1825 Warsaw, Poland Washburn Observatory: 1881 Madison, Wisconsin, US Wast Hills Observatory: 1982 Birmingham, England, UK Weaver Student Observatory: 1998 Monterey, California, US Weitkamp Observatory: 1955
Fernbank, Alabama; Fernbank was the estate of Col. Z. D. Harrison in DeKalb County, Georgia. Following his death in 1938, it was preserved and devoted to educational purposes. It lends its name to the following: Fernbank Forest; Fernbank Museum of Natural History; Fernbank Observatory; Fernbank Science Center
The Cincinnati Observatory, known locally as Mt. Lookout Observatory, is located in Cincinnati, Ohio (United States) on top of Mount Lookout. It consists of two observatory buildings housing an 11-inch (28 cm) and 16 inch (41 cm) aperture refracting telescope. It is the oldest professional observatory in the United States. [3]
This list of museums in Atlanta is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Lupita Nyong'o speaks to the crowd during a special screening of The Wild Robot at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History on Sept. 15 in Atlanta. Dog Days Natasha Campos/Getty