Tellus Science Museum - Tellus Museum

Tellus Science Museum is a Smithsonian Institution-affiliate natural history and science museum near Cartersville, Georgia.

Facility contents

Take a Tour of Tellus -

• 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. A traveling exhibit is part of this gallery.
• Bentley Planetarium
• Theater
• Banquet Halls
• Observatory with a 20 inch Planewave reflecting telescope and a Coronado solar scope
• The Vault sub gallery featuring local mineral, paleontological and archeological treasures
• The Crossroads Gallery featuring recent to modern marvels
• West Virginia University Solar Decathlon House

History

Solar In Your Community - Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum .... Source : solarenergy-usa.com

Tellus was founded as the Weinman Mineral Museum in 1983, which closed in 2007 and was reopened as Tellus Science Museum in 2009. The museum retains the original mineral displays in the Weinman Mineral Gallery.

References

Tellus Science Museum - Clio. Source : www.theclio.com

External links

INOX Design: PROJECTS - Museums & Exhibits. Source : www.inox-design.com

• Museum homepage

Tellus Science Museum- A Hidden Gem in North Georgia! | Wee Share. Source :