Science Centers

The Milan Science Museum - This museum offers beautiful and informative web resources on Leonardo da Vinci's machines and inventions. The resources in English are less extensive than those in Italian, but kudos are in order for their bilingual efforts.
Cool Site: January 1999

Questacon -The on-line science exhibits at this site are excellent. There are Shockwave and Java exhibits that focus on a variety of phenomena. Questacon is the National Science and Technology Centre in Australia.
Cool Site: November 1996

The Field Museum -A museum of Natural History, this site has an interesting collection of online exhibits and educational activities. There are exhibits on dinosaurs, Javanese Masks, and spiders.
Cool Site: June 1996

The Exploratory Science Centre -Explore the world of science, hands-on, in one of the most exciting educational 'centres' in the UK! Check out their online exhibits.
Cool Site: May 1996

The Natural History Museum: London -This site has informative details of London Natural History Museum's scientific research. There are even virtual reality fossils which you can view with a VRML browser. There's a lot to explore at this site.
Cool Site: February 1996

Morrison Planetarium Home Page -A well designed and interesting site. Information about the Morrison Planetarium is provided here along with general information about planetariums and how they work. The "What's a Planetarium?" section for kids is especially good.
Cool Site: December 1995

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Home Page -Get information about the aquarium and related programs.
Cool Site: July 1995

The Tech Museum of Innovation -Learn all about the Tech Museum and related educational programs. Located in San Jose, California.
Cool Site: July 1995

U.C. Berkeley Museum of Paleontology Public Exhibits -A fascinating exploration into the past. The "Web Lift to any Taxon" is especially interesting. Follow the path of evolution!
Cool Site: June 1995


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