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West
Chabot
Space & Science Center
Oakland, CA
(510) 336-7300 I
www.chabotspace.org
Destination Universe (ongoing) Take
a journey from the Sun to the farthest reaches of the cosmos! Travel
to distant galaxies; meet nebulae of all kinds; see where the stars are
born and how they die; crawl into a black hole; see what happens when
galaxies collide; and view stunning space images.
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver, CO
(800) 925-2250 I
www.dmns.org
Space Odyssey (ongoing) Visit a Martian landscape and imagine
yourself traversing time and space, where the Sun, the Moon, and the
stars are yours to explore, as dust and gas swirl in giant nebulae,
planets move past in their orbital paths, and vast numbers of stars glow
along the Milky Way on a giant screen. This exhibit features
hands-on activities, performances, and demonstrations.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Berkeley, CA
(510) 642-5132 I
www.lhs.berkeley.edu
ChemMystery: Prove It! (ongoing)
Use chromatography to analyze inks; match DNA and fingerprint samples;
analyze liquids, powders, and crystals; conduct smell tests; perform handwriting
analysis; and much more.
San
Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego, CA
(619) 255-0216 I
www.sdnhm.org
Fossil Mysteries (ongoing) Learn how paleontologists hunt for,
prepare and study fossils and what fossils tell us about our past. This
exhibit showca
ses important items from the museum's own collection of
7.5 million specimens gathered from throughout Southern California and
Baja California.
Seattle
Museum of the Mysteries
Seattle, WA
(206) 328-6499 I
www.seattlechatclub.org/museum
History of UFOs in the Northwest (ongoing) The largest public
source of UFO information in the northwest and the only public exhibit
in the Seattle area features a variety of exhibits related to UFOs, crop
circles, and various northwest anomalies; a rare first edition of Kenneth
Arnold"s The Coming of the Saucers regarding the sighting of nine
disks over Mt. Rainier, from which the media coined the term ³flying saucer.²;
comic illustrations; FBI reports; artifacts related to the famous Maury
Island Incident; news archives; photographs; and an extensive UFO library.
The
Bowers Museum of Cultural Art
Santa Ana, CA
(714) 567-3600 I
www.bowers.org
Visions of the Shaman, Song of the Priest (ongoing) This exhibit
includes a series of galleries that communicate the power and sophistication
of the mysterious cultures that rose and fell in ancient America.
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