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The Star Gallery, featuring Our Place in the Cosmos (NEW!)
Explore the origins of our universe beneath a twinkling display of stars representing the Georgia night sky in Our Place in the Cosmos, a new addition to Fernbank’s Star Gallery. For millennia, stargazers from ancient and modern civilizations have observed the constellations and shared their knowledge through stories and song. Astronomers now use technology to build on the knowledge of their predecessors.
Behold a large-format, dramatic short film illustrating the birth of our universe, solar system and planet. Engage with displays and touchable models surrounding the video to learn how astronomers have built our knowledge of space, illustrate the various celestial bodies that fill outer space, and explore the ways humans have been inspired by their observations throughout history.
Try out your stargazing skills by finding well-known constellations, including Orion, the Big Dipper, Hercules, Scorpius, Pegasus, and Leo in the Georgia night sky, using a diagram in combination with the Star Gallery ceiling.
Exhibit Highlights
- Behold the Star Gallery’s illuminated and twinkling overhead display and find constellations, such as the Big Dipper, Hercules and more.
- Learn about the Big Bang in a short film, featuring awe-inspiring images and dramatic animation to explore the origins of our universe and Solar System, on a screen that stretches nearly 22 feet wide.
- Discover how the Solar System has inspired human connection through storytelling and culture.
- Engage with tactile displays of different types of galaxies and the stars seen overhead.
- Our Place in the Cosmos is part of Fernbank’s 2025-2027 museum re-imagination project, which will transform the guest experience across all 3 floors. Learn more about Fernbank's Future.
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.
