Colorado Springs, Colorado - May Museum of the Tropics - Hercules Beetle

Address:: 710 Rock Creek Canyon, Colorado Springs, CO
Directions:: John May Museum Center. I-25 exit 135, west to CO 115, south five miles, to Hwy 115 (site of Beetle), turn R, go one mile.
Phone:: 719-576-0450

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Colorado Springs, Colorado - May Museum of the Tropics - Hercules Beetle

Just south of Colorado Springs, there is a huge statue of a Hercules beetle at the entrance to this combination campground/insect museum/space museum. We spent the night at the campground overlooking the rockies and toured the "bug" museum. Unfortunately the space museum will have to wait for our next trip. [anon, 01/01/1998]

[RA: Museum of Space Exploration: 3 large mobile homes with 500-1000 NASA photographs, a small theater where 60 people can watch 300 hrs of NASA films, and a domed building where scale models of NASA spacecraft are presented.]

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November 26, 2009