Tellus Science Museum, Science museum in Cartersville, United States
Tellus Science Museum is a large science museum in Cartersville featuring extensive mineral collections, fossil displays, and exhibits on transportation technology. The facility offers interactive areas where visitors can explore scientific concepts firsthand.
The museum grew out of the earlier Weinman Mineral Museum and opened in 2009 as an expanded educational center. This transformation expanded the original mineral collection into a broader natural science institution.
The museum's name comes from Tellus, the Roman earth goddess, adopted when the Weinman Mineral Museum reopened in 2009. The Weinman Mineral Gallery keeps the original collection, and the Bentley Planetarium and an observatory with a 20-inch Planewave reflecting telescope and a Coronado solar scope host special events through the year.
The museum is open daily and offers expansive galleries that visitors can explore at their own pace. Plan to spend time in the interactive areas, as these tend to be popular with guests.
The museum keeps the original Weinman Mineral Gallery displays from its years as the Weinman Mineral Museum, and its observatory holds a 20-inch Planewave reflecting telescope with a Coronado solar scope. A solar house built by West Virginia University students for the 2015 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon also stands on the grounds.
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