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IL
Aurora
Mastodon
Lake at Phillips Park
South Boulevard & Ray Moses Drive
Aurora
IL
60505
Phone
630 898-7228
Web Site
http://www.ci.aurora.il.us/ParksOperation/about2.html
Description
life sized sculpture of mastodon at site where
remains were found, restored
Type of
Resource
Nature
Primary
Focus
Natural History
Field of
Study/Science Facility
Fossils
New or
Updated:
11/4/2004
Illinois
Chicago
Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert Nature
Musuem
2430 North Cannon Drive
Chicago IL 60614
Phone 773 755-5100
Web Site http://www.chias.org/
Description butterfly habitat, extreme green house, water lab,
wilderness walk, children's gallery
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Ecology
Collection A-F Butterflies
New or Updated: 05/12/2003
Illinois
Elmhurst
Lizzadro Museum Lapidary Art
220 Cottage Hill
Elmhurst IL 60126
Phone 708 833-1616
Web Site http://www.lizzadromuseum.org/
Description Oriental carvings, largely jade, gemstones, mineral
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Minerals
Collection G-M Gems
New or Updated: 06/03/2003
Illinois
Rockford
Burpee Museum of Natural History
813 N Main St
Rockford IL 61103
Phone 815 965-3132
Web Site www.burpee.org
Description
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Illinois
Urbana
Museum of Natural History, U of IL
Natural History Building
Green & Matthews
Urbana IL
Phone
Web Site http://www.spurlock.uiuc.edu/info/index.html
Description currently closed to the public - extensive research collections
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Biology |
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Indiana
Jeffersonville
Falls of the Ohio State Park
201 West Riverside Drive
PO Box 1327
Jeffersonville IN 47131
Phone 812 280-9970
Web Site http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/
E-mail mailto:info@fallsoftheohio.org
Description first discovered fossil bed in North America
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Kansas
Emporia
Richard H Schmidt Museum of Natural History
Breukelman Science Hall
Emporia SU
Emporia KS
Phone 620 341-5311
Web Site
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Description
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Natural History |
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Kansas
Hays
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
3000 Sternberg Drive
Hays KS 67601
Phone 785 628-4206
Web Site www.fhsu.edu/sternberg
Description large fossil collection, dioramas, discovery room
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Paleontology
KS
Lawrence
U KS Natural History Museum
11th St & Jayhawk
Lawrence
KS
66044
Phone
785 864-4450
Web Site
http://nhm.ukans.edu
Description
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Natural History
New or Updated:
10/11/2003 |
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Kansas
Lawrence
Biodiversity and Biological Collections
Natural History Museum
1345 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence KS 66045
Phone 785 864-4450
Web Site http://nhm.ku.edu/
Description museum holds fossils,
naturalistic dioramas, research center internationally noted for biodiversity web server
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Biology
New or Updated: 03/20/2003
KS
Salina
Rolling
Hills Wildlife Adventure
625 N Hedville Road
Salina KS
67401
Phone
785 827-9848
Web Site
http://www.rollinghillswildlife.com/
Description
zoo with 300 individual animals in 85 species,
museum with
Type of
Resource
Zoo
Primary
Focus
Natural History
New or
Updated:
6/29/2006
KS
Salina
Lakewood Discovery Center
Lakewood Park
Salina
KS
Phone
785 826-7335
Web Site
Alt Web
http://www.salinakansas.org/attractions/attractindex.htm
Description
hands on learning stations with bird
identification, insect life cycles,
geology,
more
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Natural History
New or Updated:
10/20/2003
KS
Wichita
Great Plains Nature
Center
6232 East 29th Street N
Wichita
KS
67220
Phone
316 683-5499
Web Site
http://www.gpnc.org/
Description
Flora, fauna, habitats of the Great Plains
prairie, wildlife observatory in 286 acre park
with
trails
Type of Resource
Nature
Primary Focus
Natural History
Kind of Activity
Trails
Nature of Group or
Site
Nature Center
Field of
Study/Science Facility
Aquarium
New or Updated:
10/13/2005 |
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KY
Cave City
Dinosaur
World
711
Mammoth Cave Road
Cave City
KY
42127
Phone
270 773-4345
Web Site
http://www.dinoworld.net/kentucky.htm
E-mail
mailto:Kentucky@dinoworld.net
Description
museum, hands on fossil dig, playground, outdoor
dinosaur statues
Type of
Resource
Tourist Attraction
Primary
Focus
Natural History
Field of
Study/Science Facility
Dinosaurs
New or
Updated:
8/18/2005
Kentucky
Covington
Behringer-Crawford Museum
1600 Montague Rd
PO Box 67/Devou Park
Covington KY 41011
Phone 859 491-4003
Web Site http://www.cinbus.com/AandE/b&c.html
Alt Web http://www.volunteersolutions.org/uwgc/volunteer/agency/one_186350.html
Description northern Kentucky natural and cultural heritage
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
New or Updated: 06/02/2003
Kentucky
Marion
Clement Mineral Museum
205 N Walker St
PO Box 391
Marion KY 42064
Phone 270 965-4263
Web Site http://www.clementmineralmuseum.com/
E-mail mailto:becmus@apex.net
Description Collection of local fluorite crystals gathered locally over 80 years, folk art stone carvings, mining memorabilia
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Minerals
Industry /Profession Mining
New or Updated: 05/06/2003 |
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KY
Union
Big Bone
Lick State Park
3380 Beaver Road
Union KY
41091
Phone
859 384-3522
Web Site
http://parks.ky.gov/stateparks/bb/index.htm
Description
indoor museum & film, outdoor museum with
Discovery Trail leading through diorama
showing
prehistoric animals struggling in bog, nature viewing, live buffalo herd
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Natural History
Nature of Group or Site
Outdoor
Field of Study/Science Facility
Paleontology
New or
Updated:
6/2/2005
LA
Baton Rouge
LSU Museum
of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
LSU
Baton Rouge
LA
70803
Phone
225 578-2855
Web Site
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/
E-mail
mailto:museum@lsu.edu
Description
state natural history museum on college campus
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Natural History
New or
Updated:
7/24/2005
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LA
Houma
Bayou
Terrebonne Waterlife Museum
7910 Park Avenue
Houma
LA
70364
Phone
985 580-7200
Web Site
http://www.houmaterrebonne.org/waterlife.asp
Description
life in and around the water in Bayou country
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Natural History
New or
Updated:
1/1/2005
Louisiana
Kenner
Louisiana Wildlife Museum and Aquarium
303 Williams Blvd
Kenner LA 70062
Phone 504 468-7231
Web Site http://www.rivertownkenner.com/wildlife.html
Description native species in dioramas and aquarium
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Kind of Activity Living History
Field of Study/Science Facility Aquarium
New or Updated: 06/15/2003 |
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Louisiana
Lafayette
Lafayette Natural History Museum & Planetarium
433 Jefferson Street
Lafayette LA 70501
Phone 337 291-5544
Web Site http://www.lnhm.org/
E-mail mailto:LNHMPA@LNHMP.org
Description collections of osteological materials, meteorites, local cultural materials & paintings
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Planetarium
New or Updated: 06/12/2003
LA
Marrero
Barataria
Preserve, Jean Lafitte National Historic
6588
Barataria Blvd
LA Hwy 45
Marrero
LA
70130
Phone
504 689-7611
Web Site
http://www.nps.gov/jela/
Description
part of Jean Lafitte park and preserve, visitor
center with natural history exhibits in
20,000 acre
swamp and march lands with 9 miles of boardwalks & trails & 20 miles of
waterway
Type of
Resource
Nature
Primary
Focus
Natural History
Nature of
Group or Site
Nature Reserve
New or
Updated:
9/23/2005
LA
Monroe
Museum of
Zoology U LA Monroe
214 Hanna Hall
U LA Monroe
Monroe
LA
71209
Phone
318 342-3299
Web Site
www.ulm.edu/~pezold/welcome.htm
Description
Research collections of freshwater fish,
reptiles, amphibian.
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Natural History
Field of
Study/Science Facility
Zoology
New or
Updated:
9/26/2005
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Massachusetts
Amherst
Pratt Museum of Natural History
Amherst College
Amherst MA 01002
Phone 413 542-2165
Web Site http://www.amherst.edu/~pratt/
Description preserved fishes, dry skeletal materials, herbarium, invertebrates, mammals
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Field of Study/Science Facility Paleontology
New or Updated: 06/11/2003
MA
Brewster
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Route 6A
PO Box 1710
Brewster
MA
02631
Phone
508 896-3867
Web Site
http://www.ccmnh.org/
E-mail
mailto:info@ccmnh.org
Description
coastal change, whales, marshview room, marine
room, mounted birds
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Natural History
Collection N-Z
Taxidermy
Research /Reading
Library
New or Updated:
07/13/2003 |
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Massachusetts
Ipswich
Greenwood Farm
Jeffrey's Neck Road
Ipswich MA
Phone 978 356-4351
Web Site http://www.thetrustees.org/greenwoodfarm.cfm
E-mail mailto:neregion@ttor.org
Description country homestead dating from 1640's on 200+ natural acres
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
New or Updated: 03/26/2003
MA
Lenox
Pleasant Valley Trailside Museum
Pleasant Valley Nature Sanctuary
472 W Mountain Road
Lenox
MA
01240
Phone
413 637-0320
Web Site
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Alt Web
http://www.berkshireweb.com/sports/comp/audubon.html
Description
nature museum in sanctuary
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Natural History
Nature of Group or Site
Nature Center
Research /Reading
Library
New or Updated:
11/05/2003 |
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01/12/2008 |
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