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Bend Children’s Museum Plans 2027 Opening
Bend, Oregon
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The Children’s Museum of Central Oregon has secured an approximately 8,000-square-foot site in Bend and is rebranding as Ruckus: A Children’s Science Museum, after two years of mobile pop-up programs. The nonprofit is raising funds to build hands-on exhibits and hopes to open the permanent museum in 2027, though no date is set.
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Museums Across Five States Feature Interactive Experiences
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Museums across the country are drawing families with interactive experiences, from robotics and science exhibits to immersive art and historic carousels. The Minnesota Children’s Museum also emphasizes play as essential to children’s well-being while working to recover from a post-pandemic attendance slump and help address childhood anxiety.
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Dinosaur Exhibits Span US Museums
Science
— Oct 9, 2026
Museums and attractions across the U.S. are drawing visitors with dinosaur exhibits, from lifelike robotic giants and interactive fossil activities to miniature, science-focused dioramas and fossil displays. The offerings combine family entertainment with paleontology education, while institutions such as Montana’s Museum of the Rockies also highlight major fossil collections and research.
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Community Festivals Feature Science, Arts Across Four Cities
Science
— Oct 7, 2026
The Mid-America Science Museum is planning fall activities including a dental-health event with free admission for the first 560 guests, while Abilene’s Wings on the Wind festival will offer free science and nature activities at Abilene State Park. Trinity College Dublin’s PROBE festival also highlights research through public talks, workshops and experiments.
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Zelenskyy Would Halt Strikes On Russian Energy For US Targeting Help, GOP Senator Says
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Museum Inexplicably Sexualizes Iconic Children’s Toy In ‘Seeing Things Queerly’ Guidebook
Lego
— Feb 6, 2025
The Science Museum, a publicly funded museum in Britain, describes the fastening mechanism in Lego bricks as “gendered” and “heteronormative” in one of its self-guided tours. “Seeing Things Queerly,” a guide created by…
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Most Influential Women in World History
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From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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A Pair of Great White Sharks Traveling Together Is Confusing Experts: ‘Seem to Be Buddies’
Reporting
— Aug 17, 2023
Two great white sharks are confusing experts by sticking together. Usually solitary creatures, these two males have been tagged and recorded migrating as a pair. The Boston Museum of Science posted about the odd couple…
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State Museum Shifts Programs to Harrisburg Library During Renovations
Dauphin County Library System
— Sep 14, 2026
While The State Museum of Pennsylvania remains closed for a major renovation through early 2029, it is extending access to its programs by partnering with the Dauphin County Library System to bring hands-on history, art, and science sessions to the George & Hettie Love Memorial Library for pre-K through second graders this fall. The 45-minute, noon sessions cover daily life in Revolutionary Pennsylvania, William Penn’s birthday celebrations, the Eastern wild turkey, and the Eastern hemlock, with pre-registration available for each program at 530 S. 29th Street in Harrisburg.
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Edelman Fossil Park Museum Opens in New Jersey
Science
— Aug 28, 2026
A string of accessible fossil‑and dinosaur-focused destinations across the United States highlights how families and science enthusiasts can explore ancient life—from Utah’s Dino Diamond road trip and its fossil-rich reserves to Kentucky’s Dinosaur World and Big Bone Lick for hands‑on digs, to New Jersey’s Edelman Fossil Park near Mantua revealing the late Cretaceous extinction story, and Wisconsin’s High Cliff State Park perched on Lake Winnebago’s edge. The reporting also spotlights major paleontological finds, including the Dreadnoughtus uncoveries and the iridium-rich extinction layer that marked the dinosaur‑kill event, underscoring a nationwide map of public access to prehistoric history.
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