Beth Fiori
Museum of the Earth, Ithaca
Address 1259 Trumansburg Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850 Map, Tel 607-273-6623 Call, Website
Dinosaurs, a skeleton of a right whale hanging from the museum's ceiling, fossil digs, mineral identification, and changing exhibits on topics such as paintings of dinosaurs, biodiversity, evolution, and climate change. The building itself is also cool architecturally.
This is the museum of the Paleotological Research Institution. There's plenty of science here for the adults, too.