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SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

Race to the End of the Earth recounts one of the most stirring tales of Antarctic exploration—the contest to reach the South Pole in 1911-1912–and focuses on the challenges that the two team leaders, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and British Royal Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott, confronted as they undertook their journeys to the Pole and back. Now Open

Lizards & Snakes: Alive! features more than 60 live lizards and snakes in re-created habitats, introducing visitors to a diversity of legged and legless creatures and their remarkable adaptations. Now Open.

Traveling The Silk Road – Step 1,000 years back in time to experience the sights, sounds, and stories of the greatest trading route in history. Now Open.

The Butterfly Conservatory – The butterflies are back! Celebrate the eleventh annual return of this re-created tropical forest environment filled with over 500 live butterflies. Now Open.

Journey to the Stars – In this all-new Space Show narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, travel 13 billion years into the past, when the first stars were born. Visit the heart of our fiery Sun, and glimpse its eventual demise some five billion years in the future. Now Playing.