Discovery Center

Our web site's "center of discovery," enjoy our resources including downloadable and interactive brochures. This section will include a "behind the scenes" of our Interpretive Center's collections store room. The Discovery Center is an on-going work in progress as we add and update information on topics important at the Falls of the Ohio. Improvements to the many of the topics are added frequently.

Fossils - Detailed brochures on many of the fossil-types found in the Falls region as well as fossils photos that are identified.

Discover the History of Land Plants with our web exhibit based on a temporary exhibit at the Interpretive Center, Autumn 2009.

Archaeology - Information about the native cultures that were at the Falls of the Ohio. The text is largely from the Interpretive Center gallery and is supplemented with a few images from park's collections. Archaic tools photo / identification album is now being posted. Over a dozen different types of points have been posted. The total will be over 100 when all images are uploaded.

Birding - Improved! Checklist with some beautiful photos taken in and around the Falls. New images will be added on an on-going basis. There is a PDF checklist brochure designed to be printed and used here by birders.

Ecosystems of the Falls - Learn about the different ecosystems that make the Falls of the Ohio a unique place to observe nature. From woods to sandbars, marsh to pocket prairies, there is a reason our biodiversity is so rich while crammed in an urban environment.

Fishing - What can you catch here? When is the best time of the year? What bait should I use? These questions will be answered. Written by a long-time fisherman at the Falls of the Ohio.

View our fishing photo album!

Flora - Botanist and former park naturalist Bill Adams has compiled a checklist of flowering plants found at the Falls of the Ohio. There are more than 250 species including wildflowers, shrubs and trees. Species are linked to USDA plant database and photos taken at the Falls.

George Rogers Clark - Learn about the founder of both Louisville and Clarksville, a famous Revolutionary War general.

Lewis and Clark - Did you know Meriwether Lewis met William Clark at the Falls of the Ohio? They departed together from Mill Creek on October 26, 1803 with nine additional men to explore the Louisiana Purchase in 1804. The local connection to the expedition is explored here.

Updated August 30, 2010