The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain region?s leading resource for informal science education, and has a variety of exhibitions, programs, and activities to help Museum visitors experience the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth, and the universe. Exhibits include Gems and Minerals, Hall of Life, Space Odyssey, Prehistoric Journey, and various wildlife exhibits. There are ... Full description.

The Museum of Western Colorado's Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita, Colorado is located in the heart of dinosaur country. The Museum features exhibits and information about dinosaurs of western Colorado, eastern Utah and surrounding areas. There are robotic displays of Dilophosaurus, Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus, Triceratops, Utahraptor, T-Rex, and exhibits include real bones plus cast skeletons of Camarasaurus, ... Full description.

The Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Center was founded in 2004 by Triebold Paleontology Incorporated. All of the specimens contained in the exhibits are on loan from Triebold. The Center holds over 30 life sized specimens, primarily skeletons, and houses Triebold's. Triebold provides services for museums and individuals including paleontological exploration, data collection, excavation, preparation, restoration, ... Full description.

The Yale Peabody Museum houses more than 11 million specimens and objects in anthropology, botany, zoology, paleontology, entomology, ornithology, and historical scientific instruments in its collections. It is also home to Rudolph F. Zallinger?s murals The Age of Reptiles and The Age of Mammals. Permanent exhibitions include the Hall of Minerals, Earth and Space, the Peabody Dioramas, and the Great ... Full description.

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 nation?s public policy decisions, as presented in reports by the National Academies. The website includes current news ... Full description.

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, located on the National Mall, was opened in 1910 exclusively to house the national collections and research facilities. Today, the Museum main building is 1.5 million square feet, houses over 1000 employees, and has collections facilities and research stations world wide. With a growing number of interactive websites, the Museum is evolving into ... Full description.

The Exploratorium is a world-renowned exhibit facility, and provides a plethora of resources for teachers, the public, and the Earth science education community. One of the first science museums to go online, The Exploratorium?s website contains over eighteen thousand web pages exploring hundreds of different topics. The website features an online digital library, Educator Newsletter, Hands-On Activities, ... Full description.

At Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve visitors can explore cinder cones, lava tubes, lava flows, and other volcanic features. The reserve is part of the Snake River Plain volcanic terrain of Southern Idaho, and the region?s most recent volcanic activity was only 2,000 years ago. Lava deposits in some locations are over 10,000 feet deep, testament to the immense role volcanic activity ... Full description.

Falls of the Ohio State Park, on the banks of the Ohio river, is home to 386 million year old fossil beds, among the largest naturally exposed Devonian fossil beds in the world. The interpretive center, featuring a video presentation and exhibit gallery, overlooks the fossil beds. The Park holds a number of special events throughout the year, including fossil bed hikes, Young Paleontologist camp, ... Full description.

The Johnston Geology Museum is part of the Emporia State University Earth Science Department. The Museum is open to the public and displays the Universities collections. There is an online virtual tour of the collection which includes a Cretaceous mosasaur, a giant ground sloth, mastodon bones and tusk, brachiopods, Paleozoic corals, sedimentary structures, minerals and crystals. The Museum contains ... Full description.