For the 51st year, the museum’s Hall of Architecture will dazzle visitors with seven grand, 20-foot trees, flanking the museum’s perennial favorite, the Neapolitan presepio, a beautiful 18th-century Nativity. Each tree will be stylishly decorated […]
Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History will permanently display the Dom Pedro Aquamarine, which is the largest single piece of cut-gem aquamarine in the world, beginning Dec. 6. It joins an illustrious cast of famous […]
A jumping spider of the species Phidippus johnsoni recently returned from a 100-day stay in space, en route to and as a resident aboard the International Space Station. She is the first jumping spider to […]
Cleveland Museum of Natural History presents Whales | Tohora, an exhibition on view through January 27, 2013. Whales | Tohorā is an experience that brings adults and children eye to eye with some of the […]
The Rochester Museum and Science Center is displaying the largest, most complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered in a new traveling exhibit. So big, in fact, that six ceiling tiles in the RMSC Riedman […]
American Museum of Natural History presents Our Global Kitchen, an exhibition on view November 17, 2012 – August 11, 2013. Take a journey around the world and through time. Stroll through an ancient market, cook […]
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum announces Christmas in the Barrio, with Patricia Preciado Martin on Dec 4, 2012. Visit barrios, markets, historic sites and more for a glimpse of Tucson’s rich Mexican history and Christmas traditions […]
The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University, hosts a Birding Excursion on Saturday, December 15, 2012. Travel with the Ward Museum to locations throughout the Delmarva Peninsula to witness remarkable bird migrations. Expert bird […]
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum announced the availability of a new technology resource for visitors with iPhones, iPads, and iTouch mobile devices. The MyGeoTrex (MGT) smartphone application functions as a virtual tour guide, allowing visitors to […]
The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art presents Great Lakes Decoys and Folk Sculpture, an exhibition on view through January 20, 2013. Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art The five Great Lakes, in the heartland of North […]
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History presents Whales Tohora an interactive and immersive experience featuring the latest in international cetacean research. It will be on display Oct. 20, 2012 through Jan. 27, 2013. Whales Tohorā’s […]
The California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa has reopend after a robbery that took place last month. In response to the robbery, it was the goal of State Parks to make repairs to […]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is launching the Butterfly Spotter Membership Program, a new $20 membership available to Washington, D.C., metropolitan area residents with an enthusiasm for butterfly-related exhibitions, programs and merchandise throughout […]
Utah families are invited to an event they will not soon forget – to spend the night in a sleeping bag beneath a case of sparkling butterflies or under the watchful eyes of an elk […]
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture announces See Seals, Sloths, and More at Meet the Mammals! 7th Annual Family Day Event on Saturday, November 17, 10 am – 4 pm. Meet the Mammals is […]
The Adventure Park at The Discovery Museum, Connecticut’s first aerial forest ropes park, which is located in Bridgeport Connecticut, announced that it survived Hurricane Sandy with no damage to its trees or aerial courses. It […]
New Bedford Whaling Museum opens Signifying the Whale a new exhibition on view from November 1st. Signifying the Whale evolved from the Museum’s 2003 Whaling History Symposium presentation by Zubeda Jalalzai and Jason Fiering entitled […]
New DNA studies by Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) researchers indicate that two opposing views on the origin of ratites, large flightless birds originating on the southern supercontinent Gondwana, might both be correct. Dr. Allan J. […]