Theme of Exhibits:
Natural history of Rochester and surrounding areas in western New York.
Rochester
Museum and
Science Center
Rochester, New York
Science Center
Rochester, New York
Geologic
Rock Facade Entrance
Ice
Age Mural Wall With
Didactic Rail Interactives
Didactic Rail Interactives
"Bone
Puzzle" Interactive
Children's Dig Site in Background
Children's Dig Site in Background
"Which
Bones?" Interactive
Ice Age Mural in Background
Ice Age Mural in Background
"Tusks" Interpretive
Panel
With Artifact Mounts
With Artifact Mounts
Ice
Age Mural With
Mastodon Butchering Scene
Mastodon Butchering Scene
Fully
Accessible
Children's Fossil Dig Site Interactive
Children's Fossil Dig Site Interactive
Mastodon
Reconstruction
Background Mural
Background Mural
Triassic
Period Coelophysis Mural
Triassic
Exhibit and
Specimen Case
Specimen Case
Giant
Maple Tree Interpretive
Panel With "Discovery Door" Interactive
Panel With "Discovery Door" Interactive
Mastodon
Artifact Display Case
With Interpretive Panels
With Interpretive Panels
Cretaceous
Diorama
Mural Background
Mural Background
Ice
Cave Walk-through With
Interactive and Interpretive Panels
Interactive and Interpretive Panels
Cretaceous
Diorama With
"Hands-on" Didactic Rail
"Hands-on" Didactic Rail
Mastodon
Skeletal Mount
With Artifact Display Case
With Artifact Display Case
"Stories
Through Time"
Interactive Exhibit
Interactive Exhibit
Children's
Fossil Dig Site Interactive
Receding
Glacier Facade
With Interpretive Panel
With Interpretive Panel
Mastodon
Reconstruction With Giant
Maple and Passenger Pigeons
Maple and Passenger Pigeons
"Phase
I" Floorplans
Size: 11,400
square feet
Major Features: ( Phase I of
III )
Habitats of present-day western New York; large open Pleistocene
diorama with full-size reconstructed mastodon; mastodon skeletal mount;
two-story glacier front with walk-through ice cave; highly interactive
exhibits on local geology; paleontology