The John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove celebrated the grand opening of a new 18,000-square-foot nature-based museum at historic Mill Grove on Tuesday, June 4.
The $13 million project offers interactive and family-friendly ways to explore the legacy of famed ornithologist John James Audubon with galleries and exhibits. Also new at the center is the Fledgling Trail located behind the new museum, which teaches the stages of a bird’s life from egg to first flight. The Fledgling Trail also includes a sensory garden, and ADA-accessible play areas.
There are also miles of nature trails and a pavilion to watch nature unfold. And during Tuesday’s ceremony, several bald eagles flew over the crowd.
Below are photos from Tuesday’s grand opening.
Dillon - Audubon/for PhillyVoiceThe new 18,000-square-foot nature-based museum offered interactive and family-friendly ways to explore the legacy of famed ornithologist John James Audubon, Tuesday, June 4 at the opening of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, in Audubon, PA. HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoiceAnnabelle and Lily collect pine sap from a tree to use as glue to build bird houses, Tuesday, June 4 at the opening of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, in Audubon, PA.\ HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoiceDavid Ringer, Chief Network Officer at the National Audubon Society, with Susan Lunden, Tuesday, June 4 at the opening of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, in Audubon, PA. HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoiceEnvironmentalist Walt Pomeroy, author of Project Puffin, Steve Kress, and osprey expert Dr. Rob Bierregaard, at the opening of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, in Audubon, PA, June 4, 2019.
HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoiceThere are several displays with features for those who are visually impaired and have auditory sensitivity at the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, in Audubon, PA. HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoiceCarrie Barron, Center Manager of the John James Audubon Center, with Oden, a non-releasable Great Horned Owl horned, Tuesday, June 4 at the opening of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, in Audubon, PA. HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoicePhil and Bonnie Witmer look at one of the many displays on birds, Tuesday, June 4 at the opening of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, in Audubon, PA.