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Providence/Warwick offers wonderful places to get out in nature settings

Kids with Turtle Roger Williams Park Zoo Providence Rhode Island
Roger Williams Park Zoo

1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI, 02907 Phone: 401-785-3510

Zoo’s many experiences designed to exhilarate, engage and educate visitors

For 150 years, the Roger Williams Park Zoo has created experiences that both thrill visitors and educate them about the need to conserve wildlife and wild places. It starts with the animals, from giant anteaters and African elephants to Chilean flamingoes, giraffes and cheetahs. You’ll travel from Africa to the Amazon rainforest, learning about more exotic inhabitants, then to North America where harbor seals swim and bison graze and where you can learn how species have been saved from extinction. A World of Adaptations exhibit shows what it takes to survive in the wild, the Feinstein Junior Scholar Wetlands Trail lets you see native wildlife in the state’s most endangered habitat, and the Alex and Ani Farmyard lets you participate in the work that goes into a typical farm.
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center - Providence, RI
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center

Floral Avenue Providence, RI, 02905 Phone: 401-785-9450

The botanic garden is housed in a glass-and-steel-edged conservatory on the southeastern side of the park. Seasonal plants, delightful getaway. The park also features a rose garden which is located on the western side near the Elmwood Ave. entrance.
Museum of Natural History and Cormack Planetarium

Roger Williams Park, 1000 Elmwood Avenue Providence, RI, 02907 Phone: 401-680-7221

Rhode Island's only natural history museum and home to the state's only planetarium make this a great place to visit and thing to do, especially on your next family vacation with children. The museum offers regular exhibits, events, and attractions. The Planetarium features a state-of-the-art Zeiss star projector and an enlarged domed ceiling on which the stars are projected. Children under age 4 are not permitted into the planetarium.
Hours: Museum open Friday - Monday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with last admission at 3:30 p.m. The planetarium is open on Saturdays and Sundays, and the show is at 2 p.m.
Admission: Museum admission is $2 (does not include planetarium; free for members and children under age 4); planetarium tickets are $5 and must be purchased online (ticket sales are final and ticketholders cannot enter the planetarium once the show has begun).
Information: www.providenceri.com/museum.
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