How To Get Into Cartersville's Tellus Science Museum Free This Weekend

If you have a Bank of America card, you can visit Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville for free this weekend.

Billed as northwest Georgia's premiere science museum when it opened in January 2009, Tellus Science Museum has four galleries: The Weinman Mineral Gallery, which houses a vast collection of gems and minerals; the Fossil Gallery, which includes a Tyrannosaurus rex, a 9-foot-wide jaw of a Megaladon and southeastern dinosaurs; Science in Motion, which takes visitors through 100 years of transportation technology with vintage vehicles and replicas of the Apollo I capsule and Sputnik and the Mercury capsule; and the Collins Family My Big Backyard, which offers children an interactive learning experience with light, magnets, electricity, weather and more.

Tellus also houses a planetarium with shows running every 45 minutes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and children can take home their finds from the Fossil Dig and Gem Panning area.

During Bank of America Weekend—the first full weekend of every month—Bank of America cardholders can visit Tellus for free as part of the Museums on Us program.

Here are the rules:

• Each Bank of America cardholder is allowed one free general admission to Tellus during the first full weekend of the month.
• Photo ID is required along with the card.  
• Only cardholders are granted free admission with their Bank of America credit or debit card, and photo ID. Spouses, children, and family members do not get free admission unless each has their own Bank of America credit or debit card, and photo ID.  
• Any valid Bank of America/Merrill Lynch credit or debit card is acceptable.

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