McWane Center

200 19th Street
North Birmingham AL 35203
US

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The McWane Science Center is not only a science center, but an aquarium and IMAX Dome Theater as well. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, the museum features four floors of interactive science exhibits and displays. Visitors can fly to space at the Challenger Learning Center space mission simulation. The World of Water aquarium is filled with interactive exhibits and habitat tanks of aquatic creatures from around the world, including Alabama, where visitors can make waves on an eroding shoreline, investigate salt marsh creatures up close, and explore the story of water and its importance to life on our planet. In the underwater research lab Deep Discovery, visitors can go below the surface and discover coastal and offshore habitats of more than 50 species of saltwater life. The web site has an online teacher education programming guide and information on professional development classes. For the public there is an online Fun Lab with science riddles, myths, podcasts, and relevant web links. For children, there is a Homework Help, providing homework help websites, and a Do It Yourself page of home experiments.