Science Museum Oklahoma

Description

Science Museum Oklahoma invites visitors to explore the physical sciences, invention, and technology. The exhibit "Destination Space" looks at space exploration, while "Aviation" follows the history of flight, and a model train exhibit recreates a town from 1900 to 1950. The museum also houses the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, honoring the sport of gymnastics.

The museum offers exhibits, demonstrations, summer camps, planetarium shows, dome-screen film screenings, overnight in-museum programs, and other recreational and educational events.

Works [OK]

Description

The Works encompasses a five-acre campus at which visitors can explore the intersections of art, history, and technology.

The museum offers exhibits, lectures, and other recreational and educational events.

Durham Museum [NE]

Description

Housed in Omaha's Union Station, the Durham Museum preserve and interprets local and Nebraska history.

The museum offers exhibits, a working soda fountain, tours and programs for school groups, summer camps, programs for homeschoolers, lectures, research library access, and other recreational and educational events.

Kansas City Museum [MO]

Description

The Kansas City Museum allows visitors to explore the history of Kansas City, Missouri, form the mid-19th century to the present day.

The museum offers exhibits, outreach presentations, workshops, lectures, film screenings, and other recreational and educational events.

Union Station [MO]

Description

Union Station, built in 1814, today has been restored to house, among other attractions, traveling exhibits, presentations and shows, and a permanent rail exhibit.

The Station offers exhibits, planetarium shows, performances, science demonstrations, big-screen presentations, tours for school groups, and home school days.

Michigan State University Museum

Description

The Michigan State University Museum, according to its website, is "Michigan's largest public museum of natural history and culture."

The museum offers exhibits, 4-H programs, self-guided tours for school groups, summer camps, teaching materials for loan, virtual field trips, and other educational and recreational events.

Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center [KA]

Description

The Kansas Cosmophere and Space Center introduces visitors to the sweep of the Cold War Space Race and space exploration.

The museum offers exhibits, IMAX shows, planetarium shows, science demonstrations, programs and self-guided and guided tours for school groups, professional development opportunities for educators, camps, and other recreational and educational events.