Museum of Life and the EnvironmentExhibits and interactive experiences in the future Museum of Life and the Environment (MLE) will reflect its location along a mile of riverfront on the Catawba. The environmental history museum will focus on three central themes: the river, crossroads and sustainability. A new kind of museum experience will actively bring natural and cutural history together. Visitors will learn how the site, donated to the Culture & Heritage Foundation by Jane Spratt McColl, had been an intersection of people and place thoughout history. Its setting makes the museum a prime location for exploring the dynamic relationship that have shaped our societies and our environment, and is representative of regional and global changes over time.Housed in an ecologically sensitive building and a key part of the sustainable Kanawha community, its front door opens onto a new regional greenway, the Carolina Thread Trail. Among the experiences will be a river walk, naturalist center, planetarium, auditorium and resturant featuring local foods. A watershed exhbit will include aquariums and aquatic life dioramas with live otters, fish and turtles. The museum programming will promote dialog and inquiry and help us think differently about the choices we make each day that affect the social, econonmic and environmental future of the region. View the Museum Movie to get a sense of how the museum experience will involve visitors. Click here to view upcoming river programming |
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