Museum of Arts and Sciences (Macon, Georgia)
Established | 1956 |
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Location | 4182 Forsyth Road |
Coordinates | 32°51′53.3″N 83°41′42.6″W / 32.864806°N 83.695167°W |
Type | Art, Science |
Accreditation | American Alliance of Museums |
Director | Susan Welsh |
Website | www |
The Museum of Arts and Sciences in
History
The museum first opened in 1956
Exhibitions
Art Gallery
The Museum of Arts and Science's art gallery is a mixture of permanent gallery pieces and temporary exhibit pieces. The gallery is typically divided into three sections, with one section being for the permanent fixtures and the other two for the exhibits. Exhibitions shown include Fired by Genius: The Ceramics of Pablo Picasso, Sunlight and Shadow: American Impressionism, and The Art of Tiffany.[2]
Mark Smith Planetarium
The Mark Smith Planetarium is an
Mini-Zoo
The Mini-Zoo is a wing of the facility that houses animals, located to the left of the Discovery House. It has housed numerous kinds of animals, including monkeys, birds, snakes, and an alligator.[2] The exhibit is designed to simulate a jungle environment, and has two stories for visitors to view the animals from. The animals are also part of auditorium shows, led by the museum's animal caregivers.
Discovery House
The Discovery House is a three-story wing, making it the largest exhibit in the museum. It is preceded by Gesturing Woman, a piece by Viola Frey. Each floor is focused on a different area of study; The upper floor is focused on visual art, including activities that allow for children to create their own art such as paper dolls and a light box; The base level floor focuses on the humanities, providing activities intended to promote well-rounded education on the world such as poetry writing and a map room; The bottom floor focuses on science, with activities such as fossil digging and simple experiments in weather and magnetism. This section of the museum includes "Ziggy", a 40 million year old whale fossil,[9] as well as a taxidermy adult polar bear.
Outdoor Spaces
The Museum of Arts and Sciences' grounds include an amphitheater, a pavilion, raptor retreat, bat cave, and walking trails.
External links
References
- ^ "Accredited Museums". ww2.aam-us.org. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ a b c Powell, Anna. "Museum of Arts and Sciences." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Museum of Arts and Sciences". www.maconga.org. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ Marshall, Woody. "Museum's latest attraction is an outdoor oasis". macon. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ "Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences expanding with bat cave, amphitheater". WMAZ. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ "Museum of Arts and Sciences gets approval for amphitheater, bat cave". WMAZ. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ "Mark Smith Planetarium". local.aarp.org. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ a b "Mark Smith Planetarium in Museum of Arts and Sciences – Fulldome Dome Theatre". Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Museum of Arts and Sciences - Museums - Gateway Macon". www.gatewaymacon.org. Retrieved 2019-07-20.