Science Museums and Exhibits
Science museums, planetariums, space museums, museums of science and industry, and special online exhibitions.
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Submitted Apr 24, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits The California Science Center in Los Angeles, CA is a dynamic destination where families, adults and children can explore the wonders of science through interactive exhibits, live demonstrations, innovative programs and awe-inspiring films.
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Submitted Jan 15, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia is world-renowned for its collections, research, teaching, public programs, and community connections. It is also acclaimed for its spectacular architecture and unique setting on the cliffs of Point Grey. The mission of the Museum of Anthropology is to investigate, preserve, and present objects and expressions of human creativity in order to promote understanding of and respect for world cultures.
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Submitted Jan 15, 2017 (Edited Jan 15, 2017) to Science Museums and Exhibits Online materials from the Darwin exhibition (2005-2006) hosted by the American Museum of Natural History. Learn about Darwin's life, writings, scientific discoveries, and modern understandings of evolution 150 years since Darwin's work.
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Submitted Jan 15, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits Ascending to 14,410 feet above sea level, Mount Rainier stands as an icon in the Washington landscape. An active volcano, Mount Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the contiguous U.S.A., spawning six major rivers. Subalpine wildflower meadows ring the icy volcano while ancient forest cloaks Mount Rainier’s lower slopes. Wildlife abounds in the park’s ecosystems. A lifetime of discovery awaits.
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Submitted Jan 15, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits The Thomas A. Jaggar Museum is a museum on volcanology with displays of equipment used by scientists in the past to study the volcano, working seismographs, and an exhibit of clothing and gear from scientists who got a bit too close to lava. There is also a gift shop with books, videos, cds, maps, and other special items for sale.
The Museum has large windows which affords a sheltered view of the caldera and main crater, Halema'uma'u, when weather is inclement. The overlook outside the building offers an incredible view of the volcano with interpretive displays about Kīlauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes. |
Submitted Jan 12, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits We are proud to offer the citizens of Washington and visitors from across the nation a beautiful and fascinating living plant museum here on our Nation's Mall at the foot of the U.S. Capitol. We invite you to return again and again, to watch us grow and to see our ever-changing exhibits.
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Submitted Jan 12, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits In our unique facility in Akron, Ohio, we celebrate and showcase the inventors' achievements and the impact they've had on our lives. Through hands-on, minds-on
activities and exhibits, we offer fun educational programming that help visitors unlock the inventive spirit that exists within us all. |
Submitted Jan 12, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits The Tech Museum of Innovation engages people of all ages and backgrounds in exploring and experiencing the technologies affecting their lives, and aims to inspire the innovator in everyone. An expansive variety of interactive exhibits and unique floor programs showcase not just how technology works, but how it affects who we are and how we live, work, play and learn. The Tech's 132,000 square feet are divided among themed galleries focused on innovation, the internet, the human body, and exploration. In addition, The Tech also features the Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater (Northern California's only domed IMAX screen), an educational center for workshops and labs, an up scale cafe, and a retail store featuring books, gifts, and only-in-Silicon Valley items. The Tech is more than just a museum. Signature programs include Tech Challenge, an annual student design competition founded in 1988, and The Tech Museum Awards, which honors and awards people around the world who use technology to benefit humanity. Additionally, The Tech offers award-winning online exhibits, and the Robert N. Noyce Center for Learning, which encourages innovation and experimentation among teachers and students.
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Submitted Jan 12, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits The mission of the Arizona Science Center is to inspire, educate, and entertain people about science. Located in downtown Phoenix, the Arizona Science Center features more than 300 hands-on exhibits, a state-of-the-art planetarium, a five-story giant-screen theater, live demonstrations, traveling exhibitions, and exciting science programs for people of all ages. The website contains online features that accompany in-house exhibitions.
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Submitted Jan 12, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits Exhibits and other online resources for history of physics, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, and related fields. Exhibits include: Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity; Albert Einstein; History of the Transistor; Ernest Lawrence and the Cyclotron; Heisenberg and the Uncertainty Principle; Papers of Great American Physicists; Soviet Physics, Nuclear Weapons & Human Rights; The Discovery of the Electron; The Discovery of Global Warming; Physics Discoveries.
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Submitted Jan 12, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits Find a U.S. National Park by name, location, activity or topic. Also find online exhibits, directions, hours, and other visitor's information. Subsections include history, culture, nature, science, getting involved, and pages for kids and teachers.
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Submitted Jan 03, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits In recent years, there has been an explosion of deep learning activity. It's difficult to stay updated with all the latest and interesting deep learning projects. The goal of this site is to curate the best deep learning projects and make the field exciting and approachable to newcomers. The secret goal is to make a deep learning algorithm to automatically curate this deep learning gallery.
Created in Mountain View by alecmgo. |
Submitted Jan 03, 2017 to Science Museums and Exhibits Surrounding the Giza Pyramids are thousands of ancient tombs, temples, settlements, and artifacts. Archaeological discoveries continue to this day.
This website is a comprehensive resource for research on Giza. It contains photographs and other documentation from the original Harvard University - Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition (1904 to 1947), from recent MFA fieldwork, and from other expeditions, museums, and universities around the world. |
Submitted Dec 31, 2016 (Edited Jan 12, 2017) to Science Museums and Exhibits A visit to the Museum at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) is a journey through the weird and wonderful world of matter and materials.The Museum at CHF Is Free and Open to the Public.
CHF’s mission is to foster dialogue on science and technology in society. We explore the past in order to understand the present and inform the future. Our exhibitions, programs, and collections inspire visitors to explore the history of these sciences and to value science’s significance in the everyday. Visit and discover the chemistry in your life! |
Submitted Dec 30, 2016 to Science Museums and Exhibits Founded in 1952, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum consists of 98 acres containing a zoo, a botanical garden, an art gallery, a natural history museum, and an aquarium. The mission of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is to inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the Sonoran Desert. Beyond merely an attraction, the Museum's conservation and research programs are providing important information to help conserve the Sonoran Desert region.
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Submitted Dec 20, 2016 to Science Museums and Exhibits An online collection of museums, images, and digital collections from all over Denmark.
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Submitted Jul 03, 2010 to Science Museums and Exhibits The Museum of HP Calculators displays and describes Hewlett-Packard calculators introduced from 1968 to 1986 plus a few interesting later models. There are also sections on calculating machines and slide rules as well as sections for buying and selling HP calculators, an HP timeline, collecting information and a software library.
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Submitted Dec 13, 2009 to Science Museums and Exhibits This American Institute of Physics web exhibit covers the life and career of Ernest O. Lawrence, particle physicist and inventor of the cyclotron particle accelerator, which won him the Nobel Prize in 1939. Lawrence and his machines were part of the Manhattan Project for an atomic bomb during World War II.
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Submitted Dec 13, 2009 to Science Museums and Exhibits Werner Heisenberg, physicist and founder of quantum mechanics, is best known for the uncertainty principle in quantum theory. The American Institute of Physics has created this online exhibit that takes the visitor through Heisenberg's early days as a student (he almost failed his oral exam) to his controversial work on a nuclear bomb for Hitler during World War II to his work on the uncertainty principle, published in 1927.
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Submitted Dec 13, 2009 to Science Museums and Exhibits A collection of more than 25,000 historical photographs, slides, lithographs, engravings, and other visual materials, the Emilio Segre Visual Archives focuses on American physicists and astronomers of the twentieth century, but includes many scientists in Europe and elsewhere, in other fields related to physics, and in earlier times. The collection is named in honor of Emilio Segre best known for his Nobel Prize-winning work in nuclear and high-energy physics, but also an avid photographer and author of books on the history of modern physics. The Visual Archives is part of the Niels Bohr Library of the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics.
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