May 19-Sept.16, 2018
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Step inside a Gothic-style castle and experience the true nature of bats! Visitors can match bats with the foods they consume, learn about echolocation, see a simulated bat nursery and discover the areas in which bats live worldwide. Explore hands-on interactives about pollination, flight, seed dispersal, insect control and bats’ extremely sensitive hearing. Examine CT scans and bat specimens from the Florida Museum’s collection and see a model of the new University of Florida Bat Barn, completed in February 2017. Learn how Museum scientists collect and prepare bat specimens and hear about their research. Gain a greater appreciation for the world’s only true flying mammal and the critical role they play in the environment.
Admission is $7.50 for adults
$6.50 for Fla. residents and seniors
$5 for ages 3-17
Free for UF students with valid Gator 1 card, Museum members and children 2 and under.
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Visitors will have the opportunity to point two bat ears around the room to experience sound as a bat would in the “Masters of the Night” exhibit, on display at the Florida Museum in Gainesville May 19-Sept. 16, 2018. ©Photo courtesy of Evergreen Exhibitions
Guests can take home a crayon rubbing of their favorite bat species as part of the “Masters of the Night” exhibit, on display at the Florida Museum in Gainesville May 19-Sept. 16, 2018. ©Photo courtesy of Elachee Nature Science Center
Mother bats can find their pups among hundreds in the colony using just sound and smell. Guests can try to do the same in the “Masters of the Night” exhibit, on display at the Florida Museum in Gainesville May 19-Sept. 16, 2018. ©Photo courtesy of Elachee Nature Science Center
Echolocation is used by many animals including whales, dolphins and shrews. Learn firsthand with tunnels how bats use echoes to determine distance in the “Masters of the Night” exhibit, on display at the Florida Museum in Gainesville May 19-Sept. 16, 2018. ©Photo courtesy of Elachee Nature Science Center
A neo-Gothic portal welcomes visitors into the mysterious and misunderstood world of bats in the “Masters of the Night” exhibit, on display at the Florida Museum in Gainesville May 19-Sept. 16, 2018. ©Photo courtesy of Evergreen Exhibitions
Bats can be found on every continent except Antarctica. See how widespread they are using interactive maps in the “Masters of the Night” exhibit, on display at the Florida Museum in Gainesville May 19-Sept. 16, 2018. ©Photo courtesy of Elachee Nature Science Center
Bats come in all shapes and sizes. In the “Masters of the Night” exhibit, 3-D models and CT scans illustrate bat diversity. The exhibit is on display at the Florida Museum in Gainesville May 19-Sept. 16, 2018. ©Photo courtesy of Elachee Nature Science Center
