Step onto the giant game board, grab a tortoise game piece, and give the spinner a whirl to begin your turtle journey. Before you reach the finish line, visit each interactive station to learn about how to protect turtles from the hazards they face. Find out what it’s like for a turtle trying to cross a road or traverse changing habitats. Be a turtle tracker and see how real field biologists track animals in the wild. Trek along this turtle terrain and you’ll find out that slow and steady not only wins the race, but takes turtles on some amazing journeys!
At Turtle Travels, learn how crows and chipmunks are a danger to turtles. Both like living near people and will eat turtle eggs and baby turtles.
Follow the detour sign: A turtle, deer, and other animals need your help to avoid the dangerous road. Use the hints to find the tunnel or bridge designed especially for each animal.
Take a seat on the bench or on the carpet at “Turtle’s Eye View” Sea Turtle Theater and watch beautiful videos of sea turtles swimming in the ocean.
In a fun and engaging manner, Turtle Travels presents a serious environmental message: Turtles face threats from habitat fragmentation, “subsidized predators,” and the international pet trade. At each interactive station, visitors learn what they can do to help protect turtles and their environment. Visitors also discover cool turtle and tortoise facts—how their bodies and shells have adapted to many different habitats, why they need shells, the hazards they encounter in the wild, and more.
Turtle Travels was developed by the Environmental Exhibit Collaborative (EEC) and funded by Jane’s Trust and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and produced by Ecotarium (Worcester, MA) in partnership with the Sciencenter (Ithaca, NY).
