DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE | RANCHO BER-NARDO INN | The Big Picture | TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM
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American Way StaffSUMMER MUST-SEESIt’s curtains-up on shark tanks at the
NATIONAL AQUARIUM in
Baltimore (410-576-3800,
www.aqua.org), the
SHEDD AQUARIUM in
Chicago (312-939-2438,
www.sheddaquarium.org), and Houston’s new
DOWNTOWN AQUARIUM (866-418-3474,
www.downtownaquarium.com).
Launching this month at the
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE (800-925-2250,
www.dmns.org) are a high-tech digital planetarium and the stellar Space Odyssey.
Get Junior thinking at the
RANCHO BER-NARDO INN (877-517-9342,
www.ranchobernardoinn.com) near
San Diego, where Destination Science programs teach the subject through day-long play.
Two-story waterfalls and surging tide pools simulate
South America in the new Penguin & Puffin Coast at the
SAINT LOUIS ZOO (314-781-0900,
www.stlzoo.org).
Tour everything from rural rodeos to Big D skyscrapers in the debut IMAX movie Texas: The Big Picture at Austin’s
BOB BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM (512-936-4629,
www.thestoryoftexas.com).
Debuting in
Orlando,
Florida, this month are a 4-D — yes, 4-D — ride based on the movie Shrek and an adventure center themed on Jimmy Neutron at
UNIVERSAL ORLANDO (407-224-6222,
www.universalorlando.com), rocker memorabilia at the
HARD ROCK VAULT (407-599-7625,
www.hardrock.com), and a new kids’ spa at the
HOLIDAY INN FAMILY SUITES RESORT (877-387-5437,
www.hifamilysuites.com).
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