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Following master planning and designs by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based architectural firm, Graham Gund Architects, ground was broken in 1989, and on October 5, 1992, Fernbank Museum of Natural History opened to the public. The new building is carefully located behind a row of historic houses, and features a glass-enclosed atrium ...
Fernbank is the 4th oldest environmental conservation not-for-profit in the United States. [2] In 1964 the Fernbank Trustees developed a 48-year lease which was accepted by the DeKalb County Board of Education, agreeing to manage and maintain the forest in exchange for offering free access to the public.
Jun. 25—ATLANTA — With another edition of the "Jurassic Park" series of feature films set to pack movie houses this summer, Fernbank Museum is doing a bit of paleontology digging of its own ...
Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery, University Park; Everhart Museum, Scranton; Four Mills Barn, Ambler; Frost Entomological Museum, University Park; Mütter Museum, Philadelphia; North Museum of Nature and Science, Lancaster; Oakes Museum of Natural History, Mechanicsburg; Reading Public Museum, West Reading
More than 50,000 students from Fort Worth schools roam the halls of the museum each year, and with the new Omni Theater next year, the museum looks to spark interest in learning in a unique way.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said on Thursday that employees furloughed during a seven-week strike by factory workers would be repaid by the company for lost wages, but it would ...
In 2012 Fernbank Science Center was the recipient of a grant from Lockheed Martin which was used to refurbish the Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium, and give the theater a technological upgrade bringing it into the 21st century and the digital age. A major component of technological upgrade is the fulldome/immersive projection system, produced by ...
The fountain and surrounding bench. The fountain was built to honor John Erskine, a Federal judge from Atlanta who died in 1895. [1] The fountain, which cost $15,000 to build, was a gift from Erskine's daughter to the city of Atlanta and was dedicated by Mayor Porter King on May 2, 1896. [2]