Rainforest takes center stage at Earth Day celebration
Fernbank’s annual event takes inspiration from Amazon

ATLANTA (Mar. 31) — Celebrate the beauty and diversity of the world around us at Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 22. This year’s event, inspired by the large-format film, Amazon, focuses on the rainforest and its inhabitants.

   Earth Day offers a variety of activities, including live animal encounters, craft activities and a musical puppet show to share what makes the rainforest habitat so unique and important to our ecosystem. You’ll also have the chance to learn how to create a tropical-style getaway in your own backyard using plants native to Georgia courtesy of Habersham Gardens.

   Amazon takes you on a journey of discovery of the Amazon River's wonders, inhabitants and remarkable healing powers. Travel through the Amazon region, from the river’s source high in the Andes and through rainforests across South America, where you’ll also encounter an exotic menagerie of animals, including the jaguar, tapir, pipa frog and sloth. 

   Earth Day activities are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and include:

  Rainforest Mural coloring activity 
  Earth Day Craft Activity 
  Hopping Habitats Game 
  Amazing Animal Encounters 
  Tasty Treasures Scavenger Hunt 
  Planet Earth, Inc., puppet show by Lee Bryan, “That Puppet Guy”, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 
  Gardening with a Tropical Style, courtesy of Habersham Gardens 
  Screenings of Amazon* in the IMAX® Theatre at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. 

*Separate IMAX® ticket required.

Special 

   Unless noted, all activities run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and are included with Museum admission. Museum admission is $12 for adults, $11 for students and seniors, and $10 for children ages 12 and under. IMAX® tickets are $10 for adults, $9 for students/seniors, $8 for children ages 12 and under. Discounts are available for members. For tickets, call 404.929.6400. For more information on all of Fernbank’s exhibitions, films, programming and events, visit www.fernbank.edu/museum . 

  Earth Day is one of several Family Fun days Fernbank Museum offers throughout the year. These special programming days offer unique theme-oriented activities with a natural history focus and include Archaeology Day on May 20, Reptile Day on July 22, Dinosaur Birthday Bash on August 19 and Halloween’s Bugs, Bats and Bones on October 21.