Fernbank Museum of Nature History

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Fernbank Museum Of Natural History

For my field trip assignment, I decided to visit the Fernbank Museum Of Natural History. Located in Atlanta Georgia, the Fernbank Museum has a small cafe, an IMAX theater, museum stores, and many different exhibits, including hands on experiences that cater more to children. Aesthetically from the outside, Fernbank looks like a grand brick building situated in the middle of a woodsy area. Three tall dinosaur structures greet you while walking through the front door, and upon entering, after obtaing your tickets, you walk into the main foyer where you can see the main room and winding staircases that lead you up and down the three story building. Looking through the many exhibits, I found many objects that interested me, but, throughout the paper I will focus on five objects that tie into the readings in our anthropology textbook and course.

The first item that I found interesting was a replica of a Stegosaurus dinosaur. The Stegosaurus dinosaur was about eight feet tall, and happened to be in the Great Hall, alongside replicas of the tyranosaurus rex, pterodactyl, and hadrosaur. Found in the section named "A Walkthrough Time in Georgia" the Stegasosaurus replica was about 9 feet tall, and showed what the skeletal body would look like in great detail. The plackard placed below the stegosaurous stated that "stegosaurous had a walnut-sized brain" and that "the characteristic plates on the back of a Stegosaurus have never been found attatched to the body in fossils". the Stegosaurus dinosaur is originally from the jurrassic period, and was donated to the Fernbank museum by Dr. and Mrs. David Noble.

After walking through the "Extreme Mammals" exhibit the second object that I found interest...

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...modern society, and of course, the trumpet that was on display happenned to be almost a carbon copy of what jazz musicians use today.

The Fernbank Museum Of Natural History is a place where I will take my friends and family when they come to visit Atlanta. with all of the fascinating exhibits and objects, anybody who has a few hours to kill, will be extremely glad that they have the Ferbank to go to on a Sunday afternoon. With the small cafe, and IMAX theater, people from ages four to ninety-four will find either something that fascinates or excites them. The five objects that I decided to go into detail about are only one one thousandth of what a visitor can enjoy, and I know that the next time I visit the Fernbank Museum, there will be many objects that I have not yet seen, and maybe even a new exhibit or two that will lead me into a new cycle of discovery.

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