Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Fernbank Museum of Natural History has a number of permanent exhibitions and regularly hosts temporary exhibitions in its expansive facility. Giants of the Mesozoic, on display in the atrium of Fernbank Museum, features a 123-foot long Argentinosaurus (the largest dinosaur ever classified) as well as a Giganotosaurus. The permanent exhibition, A Walk Through Time in Georgia, tells the two fold story of Georgia's natural history and the development of the planet. The nearby Fernbank Science Center, operated by the DeKalb County Board of Education, hosts additional exhibits and educational activities, as well as a planetarium, telescope, and Fernbank Forest, a 65-acre natural forest.

Both the penny machine and the medallion machine are in front of the gift shop.

Machine 1 is just to the left of the gift shop entrance. Costs $1 each on pre-loaded Zincs. Designs are:
1) Argentinosaurus,
2) T-Rex skull,
3) Building,
4) Flying Dino.

Token Machine 3 designs are:
1) Stegosaurus,
2) Lophorhothon,
3) Giganotosaurus,
4) Alligator.

Retired Token machine 1: 1) 'Ends of the Earth', Polar Bear, Penguin.
Retired Token machine 2: 1) 'Lophorhothon Atopus', Dino

12/23/2025: Machine is working. Preloaded with zincs. Costs $1.50 each! If you buy all 4, it goes down to $1.25 each which equals $5.
This machine will only take credit card payment. No way to pay with cash! A huge negative!
If you buy more than 1 set, you will need to swipe your card each time. Multiple sets, multiple swipes. Multiple swipes will automatically trigger a fraud alert on your credit card for suspicious activity which happened to me.
There is no way to get around this when the machine forces you to use a credit card. Avoid this machine! You have been warned!

6/27/26 penny machine is out of order

7/29/26. Machine working, it presses well, but the credit card reader is hard to use. NEF