The museum, including the building and nature trails, is located on over 100 acres (40 ha) of land.

[3] It has over 150 exhibits relating to the natural and physical sciences, ecology, and technology.

[4] Its live animal exhibits include a hive of honeybees that is connected to the outdoors, a colony of leafcutter ants, and aquariums that feature life in local waters.

[5] Outside the museum building, there is a 3-acre (1.2 ha) Science Park including a scale model of the Solar System (Pluto is located 2 miles (3.2 km) away),[3] and interactive exhibits on water, light, sound, and motion.

Among the sound exhibits there are "whisper dishes" (parabolic dishes 40 feet (12 m) apart) and a musical fence built by Paul Matisse, grandson of painter Henri Matisse.