Alabama Nature Center

Alabama Nature Center The Alabama Wildlife Federation's (AWF) Nature Center & NaturePlex activities, events and informatio

The Alabama Nature Center, located at Lanark in Millbrook, Alabama, is a Planned-Use Outdoor Education Facility offering hands-on, outdoor-based educational programs and activities for students, educators, church and civic groups, and the general public.
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The NaturePlex is a 23,000 square foot heated and cooled structural facility designed to fit into the natural surroundings, ensuring that the

beauty of the Lanark property is not compromised. It serves as the official and permanent Welcome and Education Center of the Alabama Nature Center and will fulfill the final structural element of the AWF Board’s vision for a world-class outdoor education center in Alabama.

🧐🐢🌳 Hello Explorers! Join us at the Alabama Nature Center in Millbrook, AL for our next Early Explorers program. This mo...
08/07/2026

🧐🐢🌳 Hello Explorers! Join us at the Alabama Nature Center in Millbrook, AL for our next Early Explorers program. This month's program is Alabama's Native Frogs. Tickets can be purchased at https://alabamawildlife.org/early-explorers-program/. This program is perfect for kids 7 and under. Hope to see you there!

07/31/2026

Meet Kraken💧🐢😉
Kraken is an alligator snapping turtle animal ambassador at ANC. You can meet her in the Discovery Hall at the NaturePlex.
Thanks to Danielle Stubblefield for the excellent videoghaphy

🧐🐢🌳 It's THIS Thursday! Hope you can join us at the Alabama Nature Center in Millbrook, AL for our next Early Explorers...
07/27/2026

🧐🐢🌳 It's THIS Thursday! Hope you can join us at the Alabama Nature Center in Millbrook, AL for our next Early Explorers program. This month's program is Amazing Ants of Alabama. Tickets can be purchased at https://alabamawildlife.org/early-explorers-program/. This program is perfect for kids 7 and under. Hope to see you there!

07/23/2026

Hope you get outside in the sunshine this week!
A huge thank you Danielle Stubblefield for the videoghaphy!

It's TONIGHT! 👏👍👏 Hope to see you there.You're Invited! 😃🦋🎋Come celebrate National Moth Week with us on July 21 from 7:...
07/21/2026

It's TONIGHT! 👏👍👏
Hope to see you there.
You're Invited! 😃🦋🎋
Come celebrate National Moth Week with us on July 21 from 7:30PM -9:00PM. We will be setting up lights and landing pads for observation and identification of all the interesting species of moths that we have at the nature center.
To learn more about National Moth Week check out their website at: https://nationalmothweek.org/
Thanks to Blake Roper for the great picture of a Nessus Spinx Moth

You're Invited! 😃🦋🎋Come celebrate National Moth Week with us on July 21 from 7:30PM -9:00PM. We will be setting up light...
07/17/2026

You're Invited! 😃🦋🎋
Come celebrate National Moth Week with us on July 21 from 7:30PM -9:00PM. We will be setting up lights and landing pads for observation and identification of all the interesting species of moths that we have at the nature center.
To learn more about National Moth Week check out their website at: https://nationalmothweek.org/
Thanks to Blake Roper for the great picture of a Nessus Spinx Moth

07/14/2026

Protected by armor, powered by snacks!
Music: "The Winner Is" by Little Olive
Videography: Danielle Stubblefield

🧐🐢🌳 Hello Explorers! Join us at the Alabama Nature Center in Millbrook, AL for our next Early Explorers program. This mo...
07/14/2026

🧐🐢🌳 Hello Explorers! Join us at the Alabama Nature Center in Millbrook, AL for our next Early Explorers program. This month's program is Amazing Ants of Alabama. Tickets can be purchased at https://alabamawildlife.org/early-explorers-program/. This program is perfect for kids 7 and under. Hope to see you there!

07/06/2026

For you, a moment of garden serenity from the Alabama Nature Center, Millbrook, AL.
Filmed at the ANC Heirloom Garden.

Address

3050 Lanark Road
Millbrook, AL
36054

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+18008229453

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