Theme of Exhibits:
Natural history of Rochester and surrounding areas in western New York.
Rochester Museum and
Science Center
Rochester, New York
Science Center
Rochester, New York
Geologic Rock Facade Entrance
Ice Age Mural Wall With
Didactic Rail Interactives
Didactic Rail Interactives
"Bone Puzzle" Interactive
Children's Dig Site in Background
Children's Dig Site in Background
"Which Bones?" Interactive
Ice Age Mural in Background
Ice Age Mural in Background
"Tusks" Interpretive Panel
With Artifact Mounts
With Artifact Mounts
Ice Age Mural With
Mastodon Butchering Scene
Mastodon Butchering Scene
Fully Accessible
Children's Fossil Dig Site Interactive
Children's Fossil Dig Site Interactive
Mastodon Reconstruction
Background Mural
Background Mural
Triassic Period Coelophysis Mural
Triassic Exhibit and
Specimen Case
Specimen Case
Giant Maple Tree Interpretive
Panel With "Discovery Door" Interactive
Panel With "Discovery Door" Interactive
Mastodon Artifact Display Case
With Interpretive Panels
With Interpretive Panels
Cretaceous Diorama
Mural Background
Mural Background
Ice Cave Walk-through With
Interactive and Interpretive Panels
Interactive and Interpretive Panels
Cretaceous Diorama With
"Hands-on" Didactic Rail
"Hands-on" Didactic Rail
Mastodon Skeletal Mount
With Artifact Display Case
With Artifact Display Case
"Stories Through Time"
Interactive Exhibit
Interactive Exhibit
Children's Fossil Dig Site Interactive
Receding Glacier Facade
With Interpretive Panel
With Interpretive Panel
Mastodon Reconstruction With Giant
Maple and Passenger Pigeons
Maple and Passenger Pigeons
"Phase I" Floorplans
Size: 11,400 square feet
Major Features:
Habitats of present-day western New York; large open Pleistocene diorama with full-size reconstructed mastodon; mastodon skeletal mount; two-story glacier front with walk-through ice cave; highly interactive exhibits on local geology; paleontology
