October 17, 2009 through April 25, 2010
Amazing Butterflies, created by The Natural History Museum in London in collaboration with Minotaur Mazes, invites you to shrink down into the undergrowth to become one of the most extraordinary creatures on earth.
Embark on a challenging journey teeming with friends and foes revealing the unusual relationship between caterpillars, butterflies and their natural surroundings. Adventure through the leaves, learn how to move like caterpillar, discover an ant that reaps the reward of an unusual friendship, then transform into a butterfly and take flight! Become a caterpillar and find your way through a secret, wild world as grass and leaves tower above your head.
As you navigate the terrain filled with interactive challenges around every twist and turn, take on puzzles, games and exciting interactive challenges. The brave can even take to the air and soar down the butterfly zip slide.
Interactive challenges include: Lifecycle Garden Card, Caterpillar Crawl, Caterpillar Pinball, Hairy Plant Attack and many more!
Come to Flutterby Club at 11:30 Tuesday – Saturday to test out what you just learned about butterflies. Activities may include: Butterfly Paint and Fold, Butterfly Life Cycle Paper Plate Mobiles and Butterfly vs. Moth Match-Up.
Some like it Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry highlights the treasures of The Wildlife Experience permanent collection to draw comparisons between similar wildlife habitats on different continents. The 4,000 square-foot installation interprets paintings and bronzes, taxidermy and computer interactives to encourage global thinking.
January 9 - April 25, 2010
Pamela Cole uses insects as living paintbrushes to make some of her artwork. They create art together by transferring tiny footprints in non-toxic paint on the paper that would normally be invisible. The random movements of the insect create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece every time. The jewel-like wings of beetles and butterflies are also used in Pamela’s framed pieces to create handsome designs.
She and her children rear and collect insects as part of their 4-H entomology projects in Elbert County. Pamela has found that years of handling insects has been very beneficial in understanding the behavior of these insects, thus creating a special bond between artist and arthropod.