The Sternberg Museum is dedicated to educating the public about earth and life sciences. Through the use of their collections, they advance and cultivate an understanding of the earth and the natural forces that effect it. Not only does the Museum maintain and house a diverse collection, ranging from geology, paleontology, botany, and zoology; but provide a hands-on learning experience for Fort Hays State University students, accommodate researchers so they can advance the sciences, and offer unique opportunities to the community that wouldnt be here otherwise.

The Discovery Room needs renovations to help keep the room engaging to Museum visitors, especially to their little visitors. The vision for the room is to provide visitors with a more hands-on space to explore the wild world around us. Sections of the room will eventually be themed by ecosystems. Each area will allow visitors to play and interact with the Discovery Room's exhibits.

The first section to be remodeled is the Great Plains ecosystem. The main feature for this section will be the prairie dog town. Young visitors will be able to climb in and out of the prairie dog's burrows, demonstrating life on the Great Plains. Another feature would be a large whiteboard where our visitors' creativity can go wild, whether they get inspiration from our prairie animals or they can invent their very own animals, the possibilities are endless.

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