Educator Handbook: Interpretive Center

Interpretive Center

The Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center is a 16,000 square foot facility. It contains –

• 2,000 square foot exhibits gallery (some highlights are shown below)

• An award-winning 14 minute movie about the 400-million year history of the Falls area

• A movie about the Kentuckiana connection to the Lewis and Clark expedition (shown by request)

• Kids Corner - an activity area for preschool to first grade children

• Ohio River fish & turtles aquarium

• Classroom-library used for student labs, teacher in-service programs and public programs

• Gift shop that features educational items related to the Falls area

• Restrooms

• River and Wildlife observation rooms

• For information about our new exhibit gallery plans in development click here.       

Exhibits cover four over-arching themes:

Geology        Prehistoric Cultures          Natural History         Modern Cultural History

        An Age of Ice: Glaciers and the Ohio River                     Devonian sea life diorama             

   Tools and Foodways: Artifacts of Early Cultures     Struggle for Settlement: 19th Century at the Falls

     Kids Corner: Interactive Area for Preschoolers                  Wildlife Observation Room (1995)

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Created January 22, 2010, Updated March 20, 2012