The Boonshoft Museum in Dayton OH is a hands-on science museum for kids, which features kinetic displays that illustrate the basic principles of science. The Boonshoft also has a nice collection of live animals on display. Here are some photos from a visit to the museum.
The Boonshoft Discovery Museum
Science Central
An observation honeybee hive
A tide pool touch-tank
The Tree House, with bird feeders at the windows
A couple of birdie visitors
Poison Dart Frogs
Giant Cave Cockroaches
Kestrel
Egyptian Fruit Bat
Giant Ground Sloth skeleton
The "Africa Room"
Egyptian mummy
Mummy mask
East African ebony sculptures
The planets
A nuclear cloud chamber, designed to detect cosmic rays. The short fat tracks are from alpha particles, the long skinny tracks are mostly high-energy protons.