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The McWane Science Center (formerly known as the McWane Center) is a science museum and research archive located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama (USA). The state-of-the-art science center, aquarium and 280-seat IMAX Dome Theater is housed in the historic and refurbished Loveman's department store building. It opened to the public on July 11, 1998.
Inside are more than 9,000 square feet (800 m2) of interactive exhibits, including the Challenger Learning Center of Alabama, created in memory of the Space Shuttle Challenger Flight 51-L crew. The World of Water exhibit showcases more than 50 species of marine and freshwater aquatic life.
The Alabama Collections Center is the home for more than 500,000 artifacts from the former Red Mountain Museum. The center houses precious minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts. Highlights in the collection include the world's fourth-largest collection of mosasaurs; the Appalachiosaurus (similar to Tyrannosaurus); and the state fossil of Alabama, the Basilosaurus cetoides (an 80-foot (24 m) fossil whale).
The McWane Science Center is named after the McWane family and McWane, Inc. both of which helped fund the center.
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Zoos and Aquariums of Alabama Aquariums - George F. Crozier Estuarium
- McWane Science Center
Zoos Zoos, aquariums, and aviaries Types of zoos Conservation Lists Animals Other topics - Animals in captivity
- Animal training
- Behavioral enrichment
- Captive breeding
- Frozen zoo
- Immersion exhibit
- Nocturnal house
- Wildlife conservation
- Zookeeper
- Zoology
- Portal
- Project
- Category
- Commons
Coordinates: 33°30′53″N 86°48′30″W / 33.51477°N 86.808262°W
Categories:- IMAX venues
- Museums in Birmingham, Alabama
- Science museums in Alabama
- Natural history museums in Alabama
- Dinosaur museums in the United States
- Native American museums in Alabama
- United States museum stubs
- Zoo stubs
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