Tellus Science Museum opens minds in Cartersville

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Photos of the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville GA.

AT CARTERSVILLE'S new Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum, digging in the dirt is encouraged. You might find a fossil or a mineral. Here, Jennifer Chandler and daughter Haley at work.

A VISITOR walks past the cockpit of a jet airplane. Tellus has four themes: transportation, minerals, fossils and "My Big Backyard."

SCHOOLKIDS AND adults alike are amazed by the giant amethyst geode.

HERE'S A periodic table exhibit. (Wish they came with pictures when we were in school!)

ALANNA YOUNG and her 3-year-old son, Coleman, pan for gems in an interactive exhibit.

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AT CARTERSVILLE'S new Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum, digging in the dirt is encouraged. You might find a fossil or a mineral. Here, Jennifer Chandler and daughter Haley at work.

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