CHANGING LIVES AND INSPIRING LEARNING THROUGH SCIENCE AND WONDER.
The long-awaited re-opening of Edgerton Gallery is here with the new exhibit Land to Sea! Located in the Aquarium/Planetarium building on the SALT Block, Edgerton Gallery is the room where our Herpetarium, 3 large Tortoises, Iguana, and American Alligator live. In this building, you can also find our Coral Reef tank featuring many species of coral and reef fish, and a Weather Station! Learn about animals, weather, and their relationship in our changing world.
Click the links below to for more fun facts about our animals!
A Herpetarium is a zoological exhibition space for reptiles and amphibians.
Peek behind the scenes and take a look at many of our program animals. Watch CSC Animal Care staff at work as they care daily for our living collection.
CSC is home to 3 different species of tortoises! Seymour, the largest tortoise, Pedro, the oldest, and Toot, the smallest. We are also home to a Green Iguana named Ivy, and an American Alligator! Click below to learn more about each of these species and how they came to CSC!
Our LIVE Coral Reef focuses on coral conservation and contains several species of coral as well as reef-dwelling animals such as yellow tang and emerald crabs.Interact with our tactile Feel the Reel spinners to experience what ocean life feels like! Watch a video by Shari Regenbogen, Coral Crusader to answer all your questions about corals and why they're important.
Click below to learn how to find reef safe sunscreen!
A Climate Outpost is a "home base" that helps
scientists track climate change. They use several tools to
explain, understand, observe, and forecast the Earth's
weather.
Click below to see our Climate Outpost i Spy. How many tools can you find?
Questions? Contact the Animal Care Office at animalcare@catawbascience.org or 828.322.8169 x. 339
Fabulous and I don’t often give praise. We took our grandson and were there for hours. He loved it and so did we.
We love the Science Center! I take my 2 and 4 year old boys weekly to play and enjoy the exhibits. The staff are wonderful and the classes offered are excellent! We are so blessed to have such an amazing resource in our area.
This place was great. We have kids from 8 to 1 and they all had a great time. What I really liked is most of the exhibits are hands on and that really kept them occupied.
What a wonderful place to visit! Great environment to learn and the staff is very helpful! Hickory is lucky to have great family education and entertainment.
Took the kiddos and they loved it. Employees were nice and helpful. If your looking for something to do with the kids give this place a shot.
