Tellus Science Museum
Science museum in White, Georgia
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Tellus Science Museum is a natural history and science museum near Cartersville, Georgia, United States, with a facility of over 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2).[1] It is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. The museum holds multiple special events throughout the year, many revolving around the Bentley Planetarium and observatory facility.[1] The largest displays consist of a large fossil exhibit and mineral gallery.[1]
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Former name | Weinman Mineral Museum |
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| Established | 1 April 1974 |
| Location | 100 Tellus Drive White, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 34.24216°N 84.77084°W |
| Type | Science museum |
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| Collections | Minerals and fossils |
| Collection size | 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) |
| Director | Adam Wade |
| Nearest parking | Large lots on site |
| Website | Tellus Science Museum |
Facility contents
- Weinman Mineral Gallery
- Fossil Gallery, with well-detailed casts of Mesozoic land and marine creatures
- Millar Science in Motion Gallery, exhibiting past and modern transportation displays
- Collins Family My Big Backyard, exhibiting hands-on experiments with light, sound, magnetism and electricity
- Bentley Planetarium
- Observatory, with a 20-inch (51 cm) Planewave reflecting telescope and a Coronado solar scope
- Theater
- Banquet halls
- The Vault, sub-gallery featuring local mineral, paleontological and archeological treasures
- The Crossroads Gallery, featuring recent to modern marvels
- West Virginia University Solar House, built by university students for the 2015 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
