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Academy of Natural Sciences Review
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Academy of Natural Sciences
Museums / Galleries, Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Fodor's Review:
The dioramas of animals from around the world displayed in their natural habitats give this natural history museum an old-fashioned charm. The most popular attraction is Dinosaur Hall, with reconstructed skeletons of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and the latest paleontological find -- the giganotosaurus, the biggest meat-eating dinosaur ever discovered. Other draws are Living Downstream, an interactive watershed model with multimedia kiosks for visitors to engage in a role-playing game called Tough Choices; the Big Dig, where you can hunt for real fossils; and the live butterflies that flutter all around you in a tropical rain-forest setting. Outside-In is an interactive children's museum where kids can crawl through a log, investigate a real beehive, and touch a tarantula. If you're keeping track of Philadelphia firsts, note that the academy, the oldest science-research institution in the Western Hemisphere and a world leader in the fields of natural-science research, education, and exhibition, was founded in 1812; the present building dates from 1868.
INFO
- Address: 19th St. and Benjamin Franklin Pkwy., Logan Circle, Philadelphia, PA
- Phone: 215/299-1000
- Web site
- Cost: $9
- Open: Weekdays 10-4:30, weekends 10-5
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