Open Daily, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Orkin Discovery Zone—NEW!
Opens May 2, 2026
Embrace your natural curiosity to become a scientist through hands-on investigations of biodiversity, classification, biomimicry, senses, communication, and how nature and humans connect.
Engage in interactive experiences through inquiry-based activities, authentic objects, live animal terrariums and art.
Science, nature and human culture come alive as you actively participate in discovery, using the tools of science to see the world around you in new and interesting ways.
Exhibit Highlights
- Build your own bug using spinning discs to combine the head, thorax and abdomen from different species.
- Encounter live animal habitats, including opportunities to see a Madagascar hissing cockroach, tarantula and a frog.
- Discover biomimicry, including how animals and plants have inspired human design—leading to advances in the medical field, engineering, fashion, transportation and more.
- Investigate a series of discovery drawers filled with specimens, including skulls, insects, and rocks and minerals, to explore how classification is used in all sciences.
- Reveal how humans use materials from the natural world to create a wide variety of cultural objects, including pottery, clothing, and jewelry.
The Orkin Discovery Zone is a highlight of Fernbank’s $27 million transformation to revolutionize the guest experience and redefine how audiences engage with the museum now and in the future. Learn more.
The Orkin Discovery Zone is made possible by the generous support of The Gary W. Rollins Foundation.
Fernbank is a nonprofit natural history museum, giant screen theater and old-growth forest, and is not affiliated with Fernbank Science Center, which operates as a division of DeKalb County Schools.
