All the exhibits are interactive and usually work. The Creepy Critters on the third floor. On the fourth floor, living bees buzz in a cutaway of their hive. Another popular section, one that bores me to tears, not to mention the sadness of it, is the museum's collection of stuffed animals mounted in dioramas of their environment. Canadian birds, bison, mountain goats, wolves, cougars, even bats, stand frozen in time.
Drawers pull out to reveal trays of bird eggs and a pole in the rest area plays various bird songs.
Not the place for a militant animal rights buff, but fascinating for kids who want to know what wild animals look like close up. No visit to a museum is complete without the gift boutique. My kids depress me with their gift shop anxiety. The whole of Sea World or Universal Studios before them, and they want the junk shops. I' m tough.