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Werner Wildlife Museum - The Museum provides quality education experiences for students and the general public. Wyoming is famous for its abundant and diverse vertebrate wildlife, thus the focus of the Werner Wildlife Museum is on wildlife indigenous to Wyoming. However, displays include numerous other specimens from North America, Asia, Malaysia, Africa, Europe and other locations around the world. Grand Encampment Museum - The Museum features the Doc Culleton Interpretive Center and a collection of more than a dozen original buildings representing timbering, mining, and agricultural history of the Encampment valley. 807 Barnett Avenue, Encampment. (307) 327-5308. Tate Geological Museum - The Tate Geological Museum is a small but growing, privately funded institution associated with Casper College in Casper. The museum exhibits reflect the rich paleontological and mineralogical heritage of Wyoming. Mormon Handcart Visitor's Center - Experience a handcart journey much like the one pioneers endured over 150 years ago. Visit the Mormon Handcart Visitors' Center and view exhibits recording the tragic circumstances of two particular handcart companies. Leaving late in the summer, they risked bad weather, exposure, and death in order to unite with the main body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Fort Caspar Museum & Historical Site - Fort Caspar Museum collects, preserves and exhibits artifacts concerning the social and natural history of Fort Caspar, the City of Casper and central Wyoming. |
Wyoming Science Adventure Center - The Wyoming Science Adventure Center is Casper's only children's Science Museum. Located on the third floor of the Nicolaysen Art Museum, the center features hands-on science displays guaranteed to please parents and spark the interest of kids of all ages! Families can experience the excitement of exhibits which demonstrate important scientific concepts - disguised as FUN! Casper Planetarium - The planetarium offers public showings throughout the year, providing audiences with a unique multi-media encounter with space and astronomy-related subjects. Programs range from the latest frontiers of astronomical research to astronomy's earliest roots. The planetarium features are some 'hands on' science displays in the lobby. Wyoming Symphony Orchestra - The mission of the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra is to enrich the cultural lives of adults, expand the musical horizons of children and provide an outlet for the creative talents of musicians living in Wyoming by performing classical and 'pops' music for an expanding audience. Nicolaysen Art Museum - The Nicolaysen Art Museum and Discovery Center is committed to offering art exhibitions and education to the residents of Casper, Wyoming, and people throughout the region. The NIC is a regional museum which focuses on art that is made in the region or art that is made about the region. |
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