Anature center (ornature centre) is an organization with avisitor center orinterpretive center designed to educate people about nature and the environment. Usually in a protectedopen space, nature centers often have trails through their property. Some are in a state or citypark, and some have specialgardens or anarboretum. Their properties can be characterized as nature preserves and wildlife sanctuaries. Nature centers generally display small live animals, such asreptiles,rodents,insects, orfish. There are often museum exhibits and displays aboutnatural history, or preserved mounted animals or naturedioramas. Nature centers are staffed by paid or volunteernaturalists and most offer educational programs to the general public, as well as summer camp, after-school and school group programs. These educational programs teach people aboutnature conservation as well as thescientific method,biology, andecology.[1]
Some nature centers allow free admission but collect voluntary donations in order to help offset expenses. They usually rely on support fromvolunteers.
Environmental education centers differ from nature centers in that their museum exhibits and education programs are available mostly by appointment, although casual visitors may be allowed to walk on their grounds.
Some city, state and national parks have facilities similar to nature centers, such as museum exhibits,dioramas and trails, and some offer park nature education programs, usually presented by apark ranger.
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