TUPPER LAKE, N.Y.-
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Gov. George Pataki helped celebrate the July 4 opening of a new museum in the Adirondacks.
The $30 million, 35,000-square-foot Natural History Center of the Adirondacks in Tupper Lake already has a nickname–the Wild Center.
The center was designed to teach the public about the park's ecosystems, and offers lessons on every aspect of the region's natural history.
The 6 million-acre Adirondacks are a mix of public and private lands, and comprise the largest park in the Lower 48.
Visitors to the nature center will find tanks full of fish, turtles and otters. TVs offer loops of educational information and children can be participate in hands-on play with animal artifacts.
The museum also includes an outdoor amphitheater, a movie theater, various exhibits, aquariums, a hiking trail, a cafe, an observation tower and 31 acres of preserve.
Tupper Lake is 115 miles north of Albany.
