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Museum of Life + Science
433 Murray Avenue, Durham, North
Carolina 27704.
Map and directions.
(919) 220-5429. |
The Museum of Life and Science in
Durham is a wonderful place for children and families. The Museum
features both outdoor and indoor fun, including a large playground area
(Loblolly Park), train ride (Elerby Creek Railway), farmyard animals,
Carolina wildlife nature park, aerospace, geology, discovery rooms,
small science, and the Magic Wings Butterfly House, a glass-enclosed
tropical garden with butterflies from Asia, Africa, and Central and
South America.
Admission charge;
free for ages under 3. Train rides require separate tickets -
(purchase your train tickets when you arrive at the Museum; some time slots do sell
out.)
Update: The Museum will be CLOSED ON MONDAYS
beginning Sept. 14, 2009, through Dec. 21, 2009.
Museum of Life + Science Hours
Museum of Life + Science
Highlights:
Editor's Note: There
are so many wonderful, fun things to do at the Museum of Life + Science,
both inside and outside. On nice days we often spend the entire
day doing outdoor activities at the Museum, along with a visit to the
Museum's Magic Wings Butterfly House. We could also spend the
entire day inside the Museum doing scientific experiments and learning
about astronauts and ants, currents and weather, nocturnal creatures and
snakes and so much more! Our
Museum of Life + Science membership is by far our best family
outing value every year; we love to visit frequently! We have
highlighted below just a few of the fun exhibits at the Museum.
* New! The
much-anticipated, Dinosaur Trail is now open at the Museum of Life
+ Science! Learn more about the amazing
Museum of Life & Science
Dinosaur Trail.
* Don't miss the cool soundSpace
exhibit! The soundSpace exhibit is an interactive music
installation where movement is transformed into sound as people
dance, walk, sway, and jump to the beat on a grid of multi-color
squares on the floor. As you move from one space to the next,
a different musical percussion instrument and beat plays.
* Become the Captain of your own sail
boat as you steer your boat and harness the wind's power to take
your boat where you want it to go, skimming across the water to the
other side and back again. Kids and adults alike are
captivated by this wonderful exhibit. It would be easy to stay
and play there all day long! (But there are too many other
wonderful things to do at the Museum of Life & Science to stop
there.)
* Children enjoy visiting the
Museum's farm yard animals after playing, jumping and running in the
playground, and before heading on to the Butterfly House or the
other outdoor exhibits.
* The Magic Wings Butterfly House is
a magical, wonderful world filled with beautiful butterflies and
exotic plants, running streams, and exotic birds. Butterflies
sometimes take a rest on your shoulder or your finger, and you can
meander down the pathway to see butterflies emerging from their
cocoons (behind a glass-fronted case.) On the other side of
the Butterfly House there is an amazing exhibit featuring all sorts
of BUGS; you can zoom in to view a caterpillar crunching on a leaf
and magnify the sound of the crunching too, so that you are watching
the tiny caterpillar crunching on a leaf right in front of you, and
you can also view the zoom video camera image of the caterpillar
crunching on the video screen that you control, while listening to
the caterpillar munching loudly on a leaf. How fun!
The Museum also features special
exhibits throughout the year. Check the
Museum of Life + Science website
for special exhibits and events.
Special "Heroes,
Villains & Special Effects" Star Wars Event
September 12, 2009,
10–5pm:
Hollywood is coming to the
Museum of Life and Science!
Take a sneak-peak into the science of the movie and entertainment
industry. You can interact with Star Wars characters, and learn the
trade secrets to stunt and fight choreography, voiceovers, motion
picture sound effects and so much more! Several of Hollywood's
behind the scenes finest will be on-hand to show you how it's done!
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Visit the Museum of Life + Science
online at:
www.lifeandscience.org
www.ncmls.org
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