
Fernbank Science Center - Atlanta, GA
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N 33° 46.716 W 084° 19.065
16S E 748375 N 3740841
The Fernbank Science Center contains a museum as well as other facilities for instruction in many different scientific fields.
Waymark Code: WM209M
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2007
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The Fernbank Science Center is a unique educational science resource center, classroom and woodland complex located in a suburban area of northeast Atlanta near Decatur Georgia. The center contains a museum as well as other facilities for instruction in many different scientific fields.
Facilities
500-seat planetarium with Zeiss projector (
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Greenhouse and horticulture facilities
Observatory with 36-inch reflecting telescope
Physical Science laboratories
Electron microscope laboratories
Life Science and Space-Life laboratories
Meteorological laboratory with seismographs
Robert L. Staton Rose Garden
65-acre woodland forest
Reference library with current periodicals
NASA Aeronautics Education Laboratory
Ample free parking
Admission to Fernbank Science Center is free of charge.
Parking is free of charge.
Public planetarium shows are $4 for adults and $3 for students and seniors.