Children’s Gallery at Burpee temporarily closed during renovations
June 26th, 2009 at 02:49pm Georgette Braun
Don’t worry about those little critters who were housed in the third-floor Children’s Gallery at Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockford.
They, including Mr. T., a 70-year-old Gulf Coast box turtle, are being cared for by the education staff of the museum while the Burpee is undergoing a renovation expected to be completed next summer. The Children’s Gallery, where kids not only viewed little live animals but put on animal costumes and did other activities, is closed to the public and has been turned into an office for education staff.
After renovation, the gallery will be in a different space. Burpee hopes to have space for a living exhibit similar to that in the gallery, but it’s not sure yet if that’ll happen.
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