Science Museums and Exhibits

Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration is so much more than an aquarium. It's not just a place to visit ocean life, it's a unique experience in living marine creatures and the latest discoveries of our underwater world. In addition to a beautiful aquarium setting supported by a team of highly dedicated marine animal research experts, we have assembled some of the finest talent in oceanographic and deep-sea archeological research. In fact, we're the only aquarium in the world with exhibits based on work done by Robert Ballard and his deep-ocean exploration team fascinating discoveries you will see almost as soon as they are uncovered. Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration are divisions of Sea Research Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit institution. The Foundation's mission is to inspire people everywhere to care about and protect our oceans by exploring and sharing their biological, ecological and cultural treasures.

The Oregon Coast Aquarium is a private, not-for-profit aquatic and marine science educational facility offering a fun and interesting way to learn about Oregons unique coastal ecosystem. The Aquarium is dedicated to teaching marine wildlife and ocean preservation through responsible management and exhibition of marine life. Our objectives are to develop and pursue conservation, education and research programs of local and global significance; to foster an awareness and appreciation of Oregons coastal environment, and the interdependence of our global ecosystem; and to serve as a community resource and recreational center. See, touch, learn, and discover at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, an adventure youll never forget.

The Morrison Planetarium's star projector is not a Zeiss, Spitz, Minolta, Goto, or any other mass-produced planetarium instrument. It is one-of-a-kind, designed and constructed by the staff of the California Academy of Sciences, and is formally referred to as the "Academy Projector."

Explore the natural world within the halls of the California Academy of Sciences, now located at 875 Howard Street, between 4th and 5th Streets, in San Francisco. Watch a daily penguin feeding show, study microscopic life, or meet interesting creatures at the Discovery Tide Pool.

The Robot Hall of Fame recognizes excellence in robotics technology worldwide and honors the fictional and real robots that have inspired and made breakthrough accomplishments in robotics. The Robot Hall of Fame was created by Carnegie Mellon University in April 2003 to call attention to the increasing contributions from robots to human society.

The Royal Tyrrell Museum celebrates the long history and spectacular diversity of life - from the tiniest grains of pollen to the mightiest dinosaurs. Set in the Alberta badlands, the Museum opened in September, 1985. Four hundred thousand visitors were hoped for that first year. Nearly 600,000 came, and hundreds of thousands continue to visit each year. They come to experience the power and excitement of some of the most remarkable fossil displays anywhere in the world, in Canadas only institution devoted entirely to palaeontology. The Government of Alberta, under the Ministry of Community Development, operates the Museum. Our mandate is to collect, conserve, research and interpret palaeontological history with special reference to Albertas fossil heritage.

Egyptian life, geography, gods and goddesses, mummification, pharaohs, pyramids, temples, time, trades, and writing.

The National Zoological Park is a part of the Smithsonian Institution, the worlds largest museum and research complex. The Smithsonian includes 18 museums and galleries, as well as the National Zoo. The words "National Zoo" represent a large, complex, and diverse organization with a multifaceted mission: To celebrate, study, and protect wild animals and their habitats. Our best known residents are our giant pandas, Tian Tian and Mei Xiang. We are also this website, the "virtual" National Zoo, where people everywhere can explore our resources, learn about our programs, and join us in celebrating, studying, and protecting species and their habitats.

This web site provides browsers with images and information from one of the world's largest collection of well-preserved, sectioned and stained brains of mammals. Viewers can see and download photographs of brains of over 100 different species of mammals (including humans) representing 17 mammalian orders. Also available are examples of stained sections from a wide variety of brains of special interest, including humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, various rodents and carnivores, California sea lion, Florida manatee, Big brown bat, Wisconsin badger, North American raccoon, Yellow Mongoose, Zebra, Cow, and the Atlantic bottle-nose dolphin. A complete list of all available specimens is available. How brain evolution has occurred is discussed. Viewers will learn why these collections are important, why and how they were assembled, and why it is important to protect, preserve and maintain them. Moreover, a variety of issues in brain science are discussed.

The origins of the Science Museum lie in the nineteenth-century movement to improve scientific and technical education. One of Britain's most significant contributions to industrialisation was the development of the steam railway in the nineteenth century. The extensive collections on railway history held by British Railways were transferred to the Science Museum as a result of the 1968 Transport Act. This led to the establishment of the National Railway Museum in York in 1975. A second initiative was the opening of the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford in 1983 which aims to study the art and the science of images. Collectively the three museums are known as the National Museum of Science & Industry. In 1976 the Science Museum acquired the valuable Wellcome Collection of over 125,000 objects. The Collection spans the history and practice of medicine from the ancient Greeks to present-day techniques, and is continually updated to map developments in biochemistry and genetics.

This is the academic site of the Hayden Planetarium, a forum for the science behind the planetarium. Discover an archive of astronomical visualizations. See what happens when two neutron stars collide. Explore the Milky Way galaxy in 3-D with Hayden's Digital Universe using the visualization software Partiview.

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses the University's scientific collections of zoological, entomological, geological, palaeontological and mineralogical specimens, accumulated in the course of the last three centuries.

The mission of the University of California Museum of Paleontology is to investigate and promote the understanding of the history of life and the diversity of the Earth's biota through research and education. See dinosaurs and learn about evolution.

The National Atomic Museum is the nation's only Congressionally chartered museum of nuclear science and history. The museum was established in 1969 as an intriquing place to learn the story of the Atomic Age, from early research of nuclear development through today's peaceful uses of nuclear technology.

Chabot Space & Science Center (CSSC) is an innovative teaching and learning center focusing on astronomy and the space sciences and the interrelationships of all sciences. Its observatory, planetarium, exhibits, and natural park setting are a place where a diverse population of students, teachers, and the public can imagine, understand, and learn to shape their future through science.

The Smithsonian is committed to enlarging our shared understanding of the mosaic that is our national identity by providing authoritative experiences that connect us to our history and our heritage as Americans and to promoting innovation, research and discovery in science. These commitments have been central to the Smithsonian since its founding more than 155 years ago.

Learn about the 4 tissue types that make up the human body: connective, epithelial, muscle, and nervous tissue. Play online games: super healers, tissue invaders, things to try. Look at a body scan, body slices, and the scar gallery. Meet a hematologist, wound researcher, and a virologist. Visit the site for teachers, the exhibit tour, and calendar of events. Explore stem cells, tissue news, and tissue links. This projects is funded by the National Institutes of Health.

The mission of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is to inspire conservation of the oceans. The mission of our award-winning web site is to inspire, enrich and extend a visit to the aquarium, while fostering a deeper commitment and connection to the institution and ocean conservation.

The Pacific Tsunamic Museum, located in Hilo, Hawaii, is dedicated to promoting public education and scientific research on tsunamis.

The Marian Koshland Science Museum features state-of-the-art exhibits that present the complexities of science in an engaging and accessible way to the general public. Best enjoyed by visitors ages 13 and older, the museum explores current scientific issues at the core of many of the nations public policy decisions, as presented in reports by the National Academies.