"Explore the Earth - Search the Stars!"The Tellus Musuem in Cartersville is brand new - it just opened in January 2009. It used to be a small geology museum, but now there is much, much more. They've done a good job of making it interactive and educational.
One of the galleries includes life-size dinosaur and other prehistoric animal skeletons (man-made). The transportation gallery has a steam-powered locomotive, an astronaut spacesuit, helicopter, and jet cockpit. In the mineral gallery, kids can learn about volcanoes, earthquakes, and precious gems. The Big Backyard is a kids' play/hands-on learning area.
Tellus has a fantastic digital planetarium with incredibly vivid presentation. Their space observatory hosts special star-gazing events. Finally, don't miss the gem-panning and the archeaological dig area. My boys and their friends uncovered dinosaur "bones" for at least an hour and were thrilled to take home a real fossil!
The museum is open seven days a week, from 10:00-5:00. Here's the cost breakdown:
Adults - $12
Children (3 - 17) - $8
Student with ID - $8
Active Military with ID - Free
Seniors (65+) - $10
The planetarium costs $3.00 extra, but I highly recommend it!
Good to know: Tellus is easy to get to off I-75. There's not much around it, but a few exits away you'll find plenty of restaurants. It has a small, very basic cafeteria - you can run out to the car to bring in your lunch when you're hungry.
Tellus participates in the ASTC Passport Program, so if you buy a membership, you will have access to science museums across the country when you travel.
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