Museum Highlights 

Fossil Floors

Watch where you step... you are walking on fossils. The floors of Fernbank Museum are made of 40,000 limestone tiles, each containing fossil remains of animals that lived in a shallow reef more than 150 million years ago.

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The Naturalist Center

The Naturalist Center features a special exhibit gallery with Golden Opportunity: Botanical Illustration currently on view. It is also home to the STEAM Lab, as well as Labs A & B, which are used for education programs. A nursing room is also available in this space. 

Nature Unearthed
(currently off view until Jan. 23, 2025)

Explore the cases all around the 2nd and 3rd floor for some awesome geology highlights.

Deepdene Park

Part of the Olmsted Linear Parks, Deepdene Park is located approximately 1 mile from the museum on Ponce de Leon Ave. This wooded tract features a stream winding through its 22 acres and a topography that ranges from steep slopes to a flat meadow.

Dellwood Park

Part of the Olmsted Linear Parks, Dellwood Park, located directly across Ponce de Leon Ave. from the museum's campus, is named for the natural depression at its eastern end—a dell. It is a continuation of the pastoral style—open space with scattered groups of trees. It is graced with some particularly fine large trees.