Fernbank Museum of Natural History - Atlanta Museum

Descriptions from Across the Web

• Atlanta's largest museum sits on 140 forested acres just east of downtown. The Great Hall soars 86 feet to a rooftop ... more on Wcities
• Open our doors to a world of dinosaurs, ancient treasures, artifacts, science interactives, ... more on Museum Stuff
• Fernbank Museum of Natural History is located adjacent to the 70 acres of grounds where Emily Harrison, a young girl growing up in the late 1800s, played. It's named for her favorite spot in the forest, a creek bank covered with ferns.The floors of Fernbank Museum are made of 40,000 limestone tiles, each containing fossil remains of animals that lived in a shallow reef more than 150 million years ago.The Museum's most recent permanent exhibit is the Giants of the Mesozoic, featuring the world's largest dinosaur. A Walk Through Time in Georgia tells the two-fold story of Georgia's natural history and the development of our planet. Seventeen galleries combine with theaters and dioramas to explain ... more on gocitykids.com
• Encounter prehistoric creatures, cultural treasures, hands-on science, exotic ... more on acvb.com
• Only at Fernbank Museum can you come face-to-face with the world's largest dinosaurs, explore the development of ... more on atlanta.net

Directions

Free Parking From Downtown: Go north on Peachtree Street to Ponce de Leon Avenue and turn right. Go 3.3 miles to Clifton Road and turn left. Go 1/10 mile to the Museum entrance and turn right. MARTA: Board bus #2 at the North Avenue station. Ask the drive

Hours

10am-5pm Mon-Sat; noon-5pm Sun,Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 12n-5pm

Miscellaneous

• Admission: General admission to the Museum is $12 for adults, $11 for students and senior citizens, and $10 for children 3 to 12. Members and children two and under are admitted to the museum free. Admission to the IMAX������ Theatre is $10 for adults, $9 for studen
• Collections: Fernbank Museum of Natural History is the first museum in the world to collectively assemble the world's largest dinosaurs in the groundbreaking permanent exhibition, Giants of the Mesozoic. Unearthed in the badlands of Patagonia, Argentina, Giganotosauru

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