Fernbank Museum of Natural History

767 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, Georgia

3.5

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+1 404 378 7009, 404 - 929-6300

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www.fernbankmuseum.org

The Fernbank Museum of Natural History is a thrilling educational experience that engages children and adults. Exhibits are interactive and exploratory, with themes as diverse as world animals, ancient cultures and local history.

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83% of guests recommend this place.

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The Fernbank Museum of Natural History is a place devoted to Earth's environmental changes since the dawn of time. more on igougo

Great exhibits, awesome children's discovery rooms. more on GoCityKids

The building itself looked quite nice acrgtictally speaking. more on Yahoo! Travel

Awesome museum! more on GoCityKids

(Most volunteers on the staff were very nice.) 2. more on Yahoo! Travel

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We recently visited with our whole family and six children. While the adults roamed around the engrossing exhibit on Charles Darwin, the kids stayed VERY busy in the new children's area on the top flo ... more on TripAdvisor

Fernbank is a very cool museum. It is unfortunate that some of the people who rated it accidentally visited the Fernbank school exhibit down the road from the main museum (hence the criticisms about i ... more on TripAdvisor

A fun place to visit, espcially when paired with IMAX. Check out Martinis and IMAX on Fridays. more on TripAdvisor

The kids' science room is pretty neat--a lot of hands on science stuff. more on TripAdvisor

IMAX was pretty cool. I love the exhibits here. It's small, but a terrific experience nonetheless. Fernbank also has ... more on TripAdvisor

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If you've ever been to the Smithsonian you will be sorely disappointed. The exhibits that it has are interesting but ... more on Yahoo! Travel

oAfter reading the many reviews I was expecting much more then what was there.I went in and joined up for a family membership upon arrival with the thinking that this place will be a great source of intertainmant and stimulation for ... more on Yahoo! Travel

I loved all the different styles of artwork. But I also liked that they provided an opportunity for the children ... more on Yahoo! Travel

The entire museum was filled with so called "artifacts" It was all recreated to be what it would look like back in the era you were looking at. There was nothing there that was a real artifact. The best part of the ... more on Yahoo! Travel

Fernbank is great for older children. There are other places to take younger children. However, young kids always love the Dinosaur exibits. Weekends are the best time to visit Fernbank. ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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The Fernbank Science Center has a great selection of things for adults and children. They have a 'discovery room', great hands on ... more on igougo

The Fernbank Museum of Natural History is a place devoted to Earth's environmental changes since the dawn of time. There is often ... more on igougo

We didn't even get to the IMAX Theater -- there was so much else to see. When the Great Hall was designed, it was meant to one day ... more on igougo

The Fernbank museum is only about 1/4 mile from our friend's townhouse, so this was something close and fun to do while they were ... more on igougo

The museum itself is pretty nice and I do mean the museum itself. It is a very impressive building. As for the exhibits, they are ... more on igougo

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