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Chippewa Moraine Interpretive Center

Exhibits and videos explain the glacial history of the region. Live and stuffed native animals are also on display. Visitors can also hold a snake, pet a turtle, dig for fossils, or snowshoe. Part of the Chippewa Moraine Ice Age State Recreation Area…

13394 County Hwy M, New Auburn

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Irvine Park Zoo and Nature Area

With over 300 acres of natural and scenic beauty, this FREE park offers a zoo with cougars, bear, bison, tigers and many other wildlife and a petting zoo, scenic dam, museum, picnic shelters, restrooms and historical displays. Take a tour of the Sunny Valley Schoolhouse or Pioneer Norwegian Log Home on the weekends from Memoral Day to Labor Day. Also take in a natural historical marker, the Irvine Park Cave, which is about 20 feet long with natural springs running through it.

Bridgewater Avenue, Chippewa Falls

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James Newman Clark Bird Museum

The bird museum, circular in shape, contains four dioramas and surrounds the planetarium in Phillips Hall room 002. The 530 species housed in the museum were collected by James Newman Clark from the 1870s through the 1920s. Two popular exhibits are the bald eagle and golden eagle, which require the university to hold a license to have them.

Phillips Hall UW-Eau Claire, 101 Roosevelt Ave., Eau Claire

Science & Nature Zoos and Animal…

Zoos and Animal Interests

Zoos, animal museums, and exhibitions.

Chippewa Moraine Interpretive Center

Irvine Park Zoo and Nature Area

James Newman Clark Bird Museum

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