Blind, blood-sucking, squeaky creatures that get tangled in your hair. Who wants to see an exhibit on BATS?! Visitors of Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats soon find these beliefs to be myths that have held fast throughout the years. The exhibit explains that bats are actually gentle, beneficial little animals.
Did you know that many fruit-bearing trees in the constantly threatened rainforest depend on bats? In order to reproduce, these trees bear fruit that need seed dispersal and are ingested, often by bats. The bats, in turn spread waste material containing seeds that as dispersed, regenerate the rainforest.
With lifelike models and interactives, the ecological importance of bats is revealed, and visitors can better understand and truly appreciate the wonders of the bat world.
Hands-On Interactives
How about trying on a pair of bat ears allowing one to experience the sensitivity of bat hearing? Or if food is more appealing, try to match the bats up with their favorite foods and look for bats masked in a variety of habitats. Other interactives help visitors learn echo-location, find where bats are located worldwide, and discover how mother bats easily find their babies.
Sept. 25, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011
Newport News, Virginia
Virginia Living Museum
Jan. 15, 2011 - May 8, 2011
Past Venues:
Science Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
Saskatchewan Science Center, Regina, Can
Tallahassee Mus-History/Nat.Science, Tallahassee, FL
Discovery Center Museum, Rockford, IL
Boise Nature Center, Boise, ID
North Carolina Museum of Life & Sci, Durham, NC
Coyote Point Museum, San Mateo, CA
Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa, OK
Science Center of Connecticut, W. Hartford, CT
Arkansas Museum of Science & His, Little Rock, AR
Putnam Museum of History & Nat Sci, Davenport, IA
Sloan Museum, Flint, MI
Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
Discovery Center of Springfield, Springfield, MO
Lincoln Mall, Matteson, IL
Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, AZ
Sci-Port Discovery Center, Shreveport, LA
The Children's Museum Richmond, Richmond, VA
Delaware Museum of Nat History, Wilmington, DE
Pittsburgh Zoo, Pittsburgh, PA
Heard Museum, McKinney, TX
Natural History Museum of Sternberg, Hays, KS
Echo Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS
Fontano Nature Organization, Omaha, NE
Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, CA
SciTech Hands-On Museum Science & Technology Interactive Center, Aurora, Illinois
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Texas
Rocky Mount Children's Museum, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Coyote Point Museum, San Mateo, CA
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Dayton, Ohio
South Florida Science Museum, West Palm Beach, FL
Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana, CA
The North Carolina Arboretum, Ashville, NC
High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA
University of Texas-Pan Am, Edinburg, Texas
Lease Information
Call Christi Klingelhefer at 210-599-0045.
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