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1. Who can use the Nature Center?

• Danvers Recreation Programs such as Little Explorers, Endicott Adventures, Junior Rangers, etc.
• Danvers Public School groups visiting for science field trips.
• Non-Danvers based school groups on field trips (for inquiries, please email Erika Moretti at emoretti@danversma.gov).
• The Community (Open Hours offered weekly- follow us on Facebook and Instagram for this week’s hours).

2. What educational tools are available in the Center?

• Mural with local species, and interactive habitat flip book
• Pelts from many local mammals
• Handcrafted tree ID display
• Reading corner with books about science, plants, and animals
• Custom made ground form with birch trees, taxidermy turkey
• 150-gallon aquarium with fish species from Goodno Pond
• 55-gallon forest floor terrarium, home to an American Toad
• Small arboreal terrarium home to a Gray Tree Frog
• 20-gallon forest floor terrarium home to an Eastern Milk Snake
• Drawers full of skulls (everything from birds to turtles and mammals)
• Live bee exhibit with educational displays
• Interpretive displays that focus on different topics of nature that occur in the current season
• Smart TV that allows us to access the internet to show educational videos, PowerPoint presentations, etc.