Brookings Interpretive Center

The Brookings Interpretive Center offers an indoor, year-round, family-friendly destination for themed exhibits encouraging hands-on discovery, exploration and learning. Nestled between the Climatron® and the Shoenberg Temperate House, and adjacent to the Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden, the Brookings Interpretive Center is ideally situated to attract families, school and youth groups and individual visitors.

Since 2008, the Brookings Interpretive Center has hosted innovative, interactive staffed exhibits: Exploring Trees Inside and Out, EarthWays: Living the Green Life, DinoQuest: A Tropical Trek Through Time and TREEmendous.

 

Currently:

Plants and People: China
March 31–August 19, 2012
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily

Visitors of all ages are invited to explore the wonders of China, a country rich in natural landscapes, habitats and plant species diversity. Enjoy interactive displays, images, artifacts, costumes, puppets, games, puzzles and books as you discover the vast flora of China and the important role its plants and ecosystems play in the lives of people—both in China and around the world. Learn about Chinese medicine, food, clothing, shelter and transportation methods that are derived from plants. Experience Chinese art, literature and symbolism, all cultural aspects influenced by nature. (Closed Lantern Festival evenings.)
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