The Tommy Bartlett Exploratory is an attraction in
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Dells is a city in Wisconsin, straddling four counties: Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk. A popular Midwestern tourist destination, the city forms an area known as "The Dells" with the nearby village of Lake Delton. The Dells is ho ...
with over 150 interactive science displays. It is the sister attraction to the long-running
Tommy Bartlett's Thrill Show
The Tommy Bartlett Show, previously known as the Tommy Bartlett's Water Ski & Jumping Boat Thrill Show, was a popular tourist attraction in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The show was created in 1952 by Wisconsin showman Tommy Bartlett as a traveli ...
. When it opened in 1982, it was called Tommy Bartlett's Robot World & Exploratory, but many of the robot displays have since been eliminated.
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'. Channel Lake, 2008. 100.
In 1996, Bartlett bid on and purchased one of Russia's spare ''
Mir'' Space Station core modules. This space station is on display at the Exploratory.
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External links
Tommy Bartlett Exploratory
Companies based in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Museums in Sauk County, Wisconsin
Science museums in Wisconsin
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