Environmental Miniature Golf @ the Academy of Natural Sciences

March 2, 2011 in Events,Philadelphia with 3 Comments

Philly Mini Golf pictures via MentalFloss

Come May, the Academy of Natural Sciences will launch a brand new exhibit, Fore! The Planet: A Putt-to-learn Adventure. Scheduled to open on May 21st, the interactive exhibit invites guests to putt their way through 18 holes of indoor mini golf that will test their knowledge of science and the environment. That’s right. Mini golf in the museum.

The questions and features in the exhibit were created by the Academy scientists, based on their research. From dinosaur extinction to bat sonar, pollution to recycling, there’s a lot to learn about.

Interesting fact, unlike the other traveling exhibits that pop up at the Academy, this one was created by the museum, and has already gone to several other places, “including the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, Canada, Omaha Children’s Museum in Nebraska, San Diego Museum of Natural History in California, and the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, WA.”

For more info on the upcoming exhibit, visit the Academy’s official website.

Environmental Mini Golf @ the Academy
May 21st – September 24th, 2011

Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 299-1009
www.ansp.org

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3 Responses to “Environmental Miniature Golf @ the Academy of Natural Sciences”

  1. Eileen March 3, 2011 at 2:30 pm #

    Don’t mean to submit this publicly, but didn’t know how else to do it. “Environmental” in your headline is misspelled. Please fix? (I am a librarian, can’t help myself.)

  2. Richard Gottfried March 3, 2011 at 4:03 pm #

    Sounds like a great idea :-)

    All the best with it, and I hope everyone playing the course has fun.

    Cheers,

    Richard
    Co-Curator/Janitor of The Crazy Golf Museum

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