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AL - U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Quite possible the best place on this planet to earn the Space Exploration Merit Badge! Every weekend the place is filled with scout groups from all over the country. See the museum, rocket park, IMAX theater & then see NASA's Marshall Space Center.
AR - Children's Museum of AR Scout Patch
Pack 55 of Little Rock displays the patch & lists the requirements that Cub Packs will need to complete to earn this award offered by this Little Rock Museum.
AR - Children's Museum of Arkansas
The Children's Museum of Arkansas exists to serve all children, families and schools as a center for learning and dreaming. Located at the Union Train Station in downtown Little Rock. Each scout completes the worksheet. Scout Patch is $2.00.
AR - Cub Zoo Safari
SCOUT AWARD AVAILABLE - When you take your scouts on a trip to the Little Rock Zoo, they will learn many new things. This information sheet should help you plan your trip.
AR - Little Rock Zoo
The zoo has always been a favorite for Cub Scouts. Call the zoo as soon as you have chosen a date for your trip. Bookings are taken on a first called, first served basis and must be made at least 48 hours in advance.
DC - Nat'l Museum of Women in the Arts
Girl Scouts have many opportunities at this Washington D.C. Museum! Check out the Girl Scout Visual Arts Workshop. There are different themes every few months & a registration form for visiting GSUSA units.
FL - Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center
A public/private partnership created to promote education and stewardship of our natural and cultural resources
FL - Tampa Bay' MOSI Scouting Programs
The Tampa Bay Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) has many ongoing Boy & Girl Scout Programs. This page gives upcoming Merit Badge, Cub Scout, Girl Scout & other programs.
GA - Chattahoochee Nature Center
Perhaps Georgia's most popular nature center, this facility is in Cobb County just north of Atlanta. Popular as a Canoe launch point, the center has many nature programs that are great for Cubs & Scout Units.
GA - Dunwoody Nature Center
Scouit overnight opportunities and activities
IL - Lakeview Museum of Arts and Science
In order to encourage participation by local Girl Scout Troops, two programs have been implemented at the Lakeview Museum Planetarium: Badge Days, where all of the requirements for either the "Space Explorer" or "Sky Search" Badges are offered.
IL - North Park Village Nature Center
This Chicago Department of Environment property is a 46 acre preserve & educational facility which is the Chicago's only nature center in the city.
MA - The Boston Children's Museum
This Museum offers overnight and other special programs including some specifically targeted to Scouts like a JOTI (Jamboree on the Internet) event. Contact the Museum for specific Cub Scout related programs, most of which are targeted to Cub aged youth.
MI - Round Lake Nature Preserve
This preserve is part of the Little Traverse Conservancy of Northern Michigan. It features 54 acres which border 2000 feet of shoreline.
NC - Environmental Education Centers
This is a database of great places for Packs & Troops to visit to earn Ecology related badges.
NY - Kopernik Space Education Center
The Kopernik Space Education Center in Vestal NY offer scout groups the opportunity to work on badge and pin programs through day or evening programs or overnight stays. Kopernik is the only science lab in the N.E. designed specifically for young people.
NY - Links for Long Island Scouts
Links for Long Island Scouts on great places to take Cub Scout groups
NY - Roberson Museum & Science Center
The Roberson Museum & Science Center in Binghamton NY offer scout groups the opportunity to work on badge and pin programs through day or evening programs or overnight stays. Roberson's Link Planetarium serves the Southern Tier of New York.
OH - Sea World Ohio Scout Sleep Overs
School and Scout groups can spend a fun-filled night at SeaWorld. Animal observations, games, and crafts are part of the fun. Sleeping with the sharks in the Shark Encounter makes this an educational experience that won't be forgotten!
OH - The Wilds of Ohio
The Wilds is the largest facility of its kind in North America. The Wilds was opened to the public in 1994 and spans nearly 10,000 acres of reclaimed, surface-mined land--a gift from American Electric Power. Animals from every continent.
Pocono Environmental Education Center
Enjoy hands-on learning in a National Recreation Area, tents and cabins available. Earn your badges at PEEC. Call for program planning packet.
Scouting Science & Technology Centers
Science & Technology Centers at Scout Camps Coast-to-Coast
TX - Fort Worth Museum of Science & Hist
Girl Scout Camp-In is just one of the special programs of The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History's Museum School�.
TX - Heard Natural Science Museum
The Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary in McKinney Texas has special Scout Days & badge workshops.
TX - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Educating people about the environmental necessity, economic value, and natural beauty of native plants
TX - Space Center Houston Scout Days
The Boy Scout camp-ins are designed to meet the essential components of the Space Exploration Merit Badge. The Scouts will build and launch a model rocket, design a model space craft for a specific mission, design and build a model space station, etc.

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