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Oct 22, 2024

　　A great little hands-on science center, aquarium and planetarium with weekend programs, traveling exhibits, a science trail, mini-golf and butterfly garden. On the last Friday of the month the museum stays open from 6pm to 9pm so you can view the night sky from the county's only public observatory (weather permitting). Prices change according to the exhibition.

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