Durham 2008 Official Visitors Guide - Where Good Things Happen - (Page 17) Village Lanes 330 Hardee St, 682-9145, www.villagelanes.com Forty lanes, video games, and billiards. Open M-Th, 9am-10pm; F, 9am-1am; Sa, 11am-11am; Su, 1pm-1pm. � Elodie Farms Wheels Family Fun Park 715 N Hoover Rd, 598-1944, wheelsfunpark.com Family skateboarding park, RC cars, go-karts, minigolf, batting cages, indoor roller-skating, and indoor playground. Open 7 days/week during summer. Closed Mondays during school year. � 9522 Hampton Rd, 479-4606, www.elodiefarms.com Family-owned farmstead that produces goat cheeses for local farmers’ markets and specialty restaurants. Visitors welcome. Call in advance. 9am-6pm. � Explore the Wild at the Museum of Life and Science � Yoga Spot 501 Washington St Ste K, City Place, 667-9642, www.yogaspot.com Beginning and continuing yoga classes; specialty classes also available. Open daily. 433 Murray Rd, I-85 Exit 176-B, 220-5429, www.lifeandscience.org Preserved natural setting home to black bears, red wolves, and lemurs. Natural observation areas, 750-foot boardwalk, field cameras, outdoor microscopes, and state-of-the-art technology look into this dynamic natural landscape, its wildlife, plant life, and supporting habitats. See ad page 17. THINGS TO SEE & DO GENEOLOGY Duke University Libraries www.lib.duke.edu F.G. Hall Hyperbaric Center F Durham County Library www.durhamcountylibrary.org Duke Hospital South, Erwin Rd, 681-1685, hyperbaric.mc.duke.edu Pressure chambers used to simulate ocean and high altitude environments. Center has conducted joint research with NASA, U.S. Navy, and international governmental agencies. Call for tour information. Your kids will want to come back again and again. (You’ll learn some cool stuff too.) Durham-Orange Genealogical Society Preservation Durham 544-6242, www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/index.html www.preservationdurham.org Magic Wings Butterfly House and Bayer � CropScience Insectarium at the Museum of Life and Science 17 James E. Shepard Memorial Library www.nccu.edu/library/shepard.htm NATURE & SCIENCE PLACES American Association of Textile Chemists F and Colorists 1 Davis Dr, 549-8141, www.aatcc.org The world’s largest technical and scientific textile membership society where practically all dyes, finishes, and textile chemicals produced in the U.S. are checked. Call for tour information. 433 Murray Ave at I-85 Exit 176-B, 220-5429, www.ncmls.org/exhibits/magicwings2.asp Three-story-tall, tropical butterfly conservatory, the largest on the East Coast, features exotic flowers, tropical fruit trees in a rainforest area, and a stream garden. Insectarium features more than 25 live exotic species of insects and an extensive collection of mounted specimens from around the world. Included with admission to the Museum of Life and Science. Open M-Sa, 10am-5pm; Su, 12pm-5pm. See ad page 17. Museum of Life and Science �� Catch the Wind at the Museum of Life and Science � 433 W Murray Ave, I-85 Exit 176-B, 220-5429, www.lifeandscience.org This new, four-acre outdoor learning experience at the Museum of Life and Science features a series of large-scale, interactive, environmental exhibits that express how wind influences the environment. See ad page 17. Duke Lemur Center �� 433 W Murray Ave, I-85 Exit 176-B, 220-5429, www.lifeandscience.org State-of-the-art, engaging indoor/outdoor science-technology center ranked as one of the top four family-friendly museums in the Southeast. The museum includes Magic Wings Butterfly House, Explore the Wild, Catch the Wind, and many more interactive exhibits. Admission: $10.85 adults; $8.85 seniors; $7.85 ages 3-12; free for under 3. Group rates available. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. Occasional Monday closings during fall/winter. Open M-Sa, 10am-5pm; Su, 12-5pm. See ad page 17. 3705 Erwin Rd at NC Hwy 751, 489-3364, www.lemur.duke.edu Research and study center housing 260 prosimian primates, the largest population of lemurs outside of their native Madagascar. Outside walking tour & inside viewing of nocturnal prosimians. Admission: $7 adults, $4 seniors and children (3-12); $5 college students; $1 children 2 and under. Tours by appointment only, but many of these lemurs can be viewed at Explore the Wild at the Museum of Life and Science. Open M-F, 9am-4:30pm (NO WALK-IN VISITORS). North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics 1219 Broad St, 416-2600, www.ncssm.edu Founded in 1980, the nation’s first state-supported, residential high school for grades 11-12. An affiliate of the University of North Carolina system. Tours can be arranged. Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve Duke University Phytotron F 139 Biological Sciences Bldg, Duke University West Campus, 660-7400, www.biology.duke.edu/phytotron Operated by Duke University for the National Science Foundation With 40 artificial growth chambers and six glass houses for ongoing research on global changes. Tours restricted to biologyrelated groups. 3706 Snow Hill Rd, at Old Oxford Highway, 962-0522, ncbg.unc.edu/pages/42/#pennys_bend_nature_preserve Unusual wildflowers and unique molten rock formations called Diabase Sill on the 84-acre peninsula formed by the Eno River. �F www.durham-nc.com Research Triangle Park F NC Hwy 147, Exits 5-8, I-40 Exits 279 and 280, 549-8181, www.rtp.org The world’s largest university-related research park with more than 160 companies employing over 40,000 people. Owned by the Research Triangle Foundation, and carved from Durham pinelands in 1959 as a special Durham County tax district for research and production, it is four miles from (cont.) 433 Murray Avenue, Durham, NC 27704 (919)220-5429 www.lifeandscience.org http://www.lifeandscience.org http://www.villagelanes.com http://www.elodiefarms.com http://wheelsfunpark.com http://www.lifeandscience.org http://www.yogaspot.com http://hyperbaric.mc.duke.edu http://www.lib.duke.edu http://www.durhamcountylibrary.org http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/index.html http://www.preservationdurham.org http://www.ncmls.org/exhibits/magicwings2.asp http://www.nccu.edu/library/shepard.htm http://www.aatcc.org http://www.lifeandscience.org http://www.lifeandscience.org http://www.lemur.duke.edu http://www.ncssm.edu http://ncbg.unc.edu/pages/42/#pennys_bend_nature_preserve http://www.durham-nc.com http://www.biology.duke.edu/phytotron http://www.rtp.org
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