Science Museum of Minnesota Exhibit

WRI biologist Lynn Rogers provided the scientific information, video, and most of the photography for the black bear portion of this million-dollar exhibit produced by Curator Curt Hadland of the Science Museum of Minnesota. It opened in February 1990 and remained at the Science Museum for a year. Then it toured North America for ten years. In total, this educational exhibit was seen by over 4 million people at 30 sites.

Venue	City, State / Institution	Opening	Closing	Attendance
1	St. Paul, Minnesota Science Museum of Minnesota	02/17/1990	01/27/1991	742,290
2	Yellowstone National Park Grant Village Visitor Center	06/06/1991	09/08/1991	255,077
3	Indianapolis, Indiana The Children's Museum	10/03/1991	01/05/1992	145,579
4	Boston, Massachusetts Museum of Science	01/30/1992	05/10/1992	318,826
5	Boise, Idaho Idaho State Historical Museum	06/04/1992	09/07/1992	30,000
6	Green Bay, Wisconsin The Neville Public Museum	10/01/1992	01/24/1993	65,922
7	Denver, Colorado Denver Museum of Natural History	02/19/1993	05/09/1993	744,710
8	New York, New York American Museum of Natural History	06/04/1993	10/03/1993	350,055
9	Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati Museum of Natural History	10/03/1993	01/02/1994	84,381
10	Philadelphis, Pennsylvania The Academy of Natural History	01/27/1994	05/08/1994	59,600
11	Washington, D.C. Explorers Hall	06/08/1994	09/05/1994	78,430
12	Fort Lauderdale, Florida Museum of Discovery and Science	09/30/1994	01/08/1995	79,398
13	Richmond, Virginia Science Museum of Virginia	02/04/1995	05/07/1995	67,440
14	Bozeman, Montana Museum of the Rockies	05/27/1995	09/04/1995	86,452
15	Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Museum of Science and History	10/07/1995	01/02/1996	53,688
---	Refurbished Science Museum of Minnesota	02/03/1996	05/05/1996	----
16	San Francisco, California California Academy of Science	05/24/1996	09/02/1996	321,229
17	Toronto, Ontario, Canada Royal Ontario Museum	09/28/1996	01/05/1997	168,752
18	Muncie, Indiana Minnetrista Cultural Center	02/01/1997	05/04/1997	8,626
---	Refurbished Science Museum of Minnesota	05/31/1997	09/07/1997	----
19	Albuquerque, New Mexico New Mexico Museum of Natural History	10/04/1997	01/04/1998	75,000
20	Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee County Zoo	01/31/1998	05/03/1998	59,447
21 & 22	Albany, New York New York State Museum	05/30/1998	01/03/1999	50,769
23	Greensboro, North Carolina Natural Science Center of Greensboro	01/30/1999	05/02/1999	58,044
24	St. Paul, Minnesota Science Museum of Minnesota	05/29/1999	09/06/1999	195,114
25	Los Angeles, California L.A. County Museum of Natural History	10/09/1999	01/02/2000	50,972
26	Reno, Nevada Wilbur May Museum	01/29/2000	04/30/2000	20,341
---	Abridged from 5,000 to 4,000 sq. ft.	05/27/2000	09/04/2000	----
27	San Diego, California San Diego Museum of Natural History	10/21/2000	01/02/2001	29,418
28	Houston, Texas Town & Country Mall	02/02/2001	04/29/2001	unavailable
29	Banff, Alberta Canada Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies	05/19/2001	09/30/2001	unavailable
30	Orlando, Florida Orlando Science Center	10/20/2001	01/06/2002	unavailable
		Attendance to Date:		4,170,142

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