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Natural History
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Georgia
Lumpkin
Providence Canyon Conservation Park
Route 1, Box 158
Lumpkin GA 31815
Phone 229 838-6202
Web Site http://www.gastateparks.org/
Alt Web http://www.southpoint.com/states/ga/providence.htm
Description 1109 acre park featuring "Little Grand Canyon", with huge gullies, mostly caused by poor farming practices, interpretive center
Type of Resource
Nature
Primary Focus Natural History
Owner/Operator: Georgia State Parks |
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Georgia
Statesboro
GA Southern U Museum
Rosenwald Building
PO Box 8061
Statesboro GA 30460
Phone 912 681-5444
Alt Phone 912 681-0147
Web Site http://www2.gasou.edu/musenews
Description Hall of Natural History, many fossils, 26 foot long Mosasaur, whale fossil, University memorabilia, rotating exhibits in varied subject areas
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Fossils
New or Updated: 05/12/2003
Georgia
Thomasville
Birdsong Nature Center
2106 Meridian Road
Thomasville GA 31762
Phone 229 377-4408
Web Site http://www.freenet.tlh.fl.us/birdsong/index.htm
Description 565 acre natures center on the Florida-Georgia border, 12 miles of nature trails
Type of Resource
Nature
Primary Focus Natural History
Nature of Group or Site Nature Center |
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Hawaii
Hilo
Lyman House Memorial Museum
276 Haili Street
Hilo HI 96720
Phone 808 935-5021
Web Site http://www.lymanmuseum.org/
Description missionary history, geology, mineralogy, ethnic
cultural displays
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Vulcanology
New or Updated: 04/13/2003
Hawaii
Hilo
Pacific Tsunami Museum
130 Kamehameha Avenue
PO Box 806
Hilo HI 96721
Phone 808 935-0926
Web Site http://www.tsunami.org/
E-mail mailto:tsunami@tsunami.org
Description how tidal waves shaped present day city
Type of Resource Science
Primary Focus Natural History
New or Updated: 04/16/2003 |
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Hawaii
Kekaha
Kokee Natural History Museum
PO Box 100
Kekaha HI 96752
Phone 808 335-9975
Web Site http://www.aloha.net/~kokee/
E-mail mailto:kokee@aloha.net
Description located in the middle of a 6000 acre preserve
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Collection N-Z Photography
Iowa
Battle Creek
Battle Hill Museum of Natural History
HWY 175E
Battle Creek IA 51006
Phone
Web Site http://pionet.net/~bhmuseum/
E-mail mailto:bhmuseum@pionet.net
Description dioramas, 200 sets of animal horns, 600 mounted wildlife, tanned hides, 90,0000 shells
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Geology
Collection N-Z Taxidermy
New or Updated: 03/27/2003 |
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IA
Cedar Falls
U Northern
Iowa Museum
3219 Hudson Road
Cedar Falls
IA
50614
Phone
319 273-2188
Web Site
www.uni.edu/museum/
Description
Geology, Biology, Anthropology, History
(primarily of education in
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Natural History
Field of
Study/Science Facility
Biology
New or
Updated: 9/9/2006
Iowa
Cherokee
Sanford Museum and Planetarium
117 East Willow Street
Cherokee IA 51012
Phone 712 225-3922
Web Site http://mail.cherokee.k12.ia.us/~sanford/default.htm
Description most of the natural and physical sciences
Type of Resource Science
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Planetarium
New or Updated: 03/31/2003 |
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Davenport
Putnam Museum of
History & Natural Science
1717 West 12th Street
Davenport
IA
52804
Phone
563 324-1933
Alt Phone
563 324-1054
Web Site
http://www.putnam.org/
E-mail
mailto:museum@putnam.org
Description
Archaeology, astronomy, geology, history,
paleontology
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Natural History
Kind of Activity
IMAX
Collection N-Z
Taxidermy
New or Updated:
1/2/2006
Iowa
Decorah
Hoslett Museum of Natural History
Luther College
700 College Drive
Decorah IA 52101
Phone
Web Site http://collections.luther.edu/ - hoslett
Description collections in plants, Bird Nest & Eggs, vertebrate &
invertebrate specimens
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Natural History |
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Iowa
Iowa City
U of Iowa Museum of Natural History
10 Macbride Hall
Iowa City IA 52242
Phone 319 335-0480
Web Site http://www.uiowa.edu/~nathist/
Description since 1858 - Mammal Hall, Birds, Iowa Hall - geology, ecology, native
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Idaho
Pocatello
Idaho Museum of Natural History
5th Street
Pocatello ID 83209
Phone 208 236-3317
Web Site www.isu.edu/departments/museum
Description
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Natural History |
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Illinois
Chicago
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
2430 N Cannon Drive
Chicago IL 60614
Phone 773 755-5100
Web Site www.chias.org/
E-mail mailto:info@naturemuseum.org
Description butterfly greenhouse, city science (how a house works), environmental central, family water lab, wilderness walk,
children's gallery, outside native plants on grounds
Type of Resource
Science
Primary Focus Natural History
Collection A-F Butterflies
Owner/Operator: Chicago Academy of Sciences
Illinois
Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 South Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605
Phone 312 922-9410
Web Site
www.fmnh.org/
Description
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Anthropology
Research /Reading Research Collection |
Country Inns Web Only Rates |
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Illinois
Elmhurst
Lizzardo Museum Lapidary Art
220 Cottage Hill
Elmhurst IL 60126
Phone 708 833-1616
Web Site
Description Oriental carvings, largely jade, gemstones, mineral
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Minerals
Illinois
Lisle
Jurica Nature Museum
Birck Hall of Science Benedictine U
5700 College Road
Lisle IL 60532
Phone 630 829-6545
Alt Phone 630 829-6000
Web Site http://owl.ben.edu/resources/J_Museum/index.htm
E-mail mailto:mmickus@ben.edu
Description features African savanna and Northern Illinois in 1800
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Natural History |
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