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FERNBANK MUSEUM of NATURAL HISTORY INSPIRES A LIFELONG LEARNING of NATURAL HISTORY THROUGH IMMERSIVE PROGRAMMING and UNMATCHED EXPERIENCES to ENCOURAGE A GREATER APPRECIATION of OUR PLANET and ITS INHABITANTS. FERNBANK is DEDICATED to STIMULATING AN INTEREST IN SCIENCE, THE ENVIRONMENT and HUMAN CULTURE; RECONNECTING PEOPLE to NATURE; and RESTORING A SENSE of WONDER IN THE NATURAL WORLD. FERNBANK VIEWS NATURAL HISTORY AS A STARTLINGLY CONTEMPORARY SUBJECT MATTER, ENCOMPASSING TWO of THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ISSUES of OUR TIME--THE DIVERSITY of OUR ENVIRONMENT and THE DIVERSITY of HUMAN CULTURE. FERNBANK PRESENTS THE CONCEPTS of PHYSICAL, EARTH, LIFE and SOCIAL SCIENCES IN AN INTERACTIVE and ENGAGING ENVIRONMENT THROUGH A VARIETY of PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS, SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS, GIANT SCREEN FILMS and SIGNATURE PROGRAMS. AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, FERNBANK SUPPORTS A VISITORS INTRINSIC DESIRE to LEARN. OUR GOAL is to BUILD A MORE-INFORMED CITIZENRY, SCIENTIFICALLY and CULTURALLY, THAT PLA