Renown HSU geophysicist & head of Humboldt Earthquake Information Center, Lori Dengler will present new research on Saturday, February 5 · 12:00pm – 3:00pm. Recommended reading: Simon Winchester’s “A Crack in the Edge of the [Read More]
Natural History
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Experience an Australian landscape in the heart of London with the fourth landscape on the Museum’s forecourt created in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Take a journey across the whole continent, from eastern [Read More]
In a surprise ceremony at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh, former Governor Jim Hunt today announced that the bridge that will connect the Museum to its new wing, the Nature [Read More]
This summer, visitors to The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will be invited to tour a home that could represent the future of energy-efficient housing. SmartHome Cleveland will be constructed on Museum grounds and is [Read More]
This summer, the much-anticipated new Dinosaur Hall opens to the public at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The large-scale permanent exhibition will be presented in two light-filled galleries – twice the size [Read More]
The landmark Dinosaur Hall is the key to NHM Next Campaign, a public/private partnership that engages donors, philanthropic foundations, the County of Los Angeles, and the State of California. Nearly 60% of the campaign’s $135 [Read More]
The results of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s “Name the Mammoth” contest are in, and voters have selected “Snowy” as the name of the first mammoth discovered at a spectacular Ice Age fossil [Read More]
The Sloan Museum in Flint presents CSI: Crime Scene Insects on view January 29, 2011 – May 8, 2011. CSI: Crime Scene Insects explores one of the most fascinating areas of criminal investigation – forensic [Read More]
The Natural History Museum in Tring presents The Thames Whale Story a free exhibition on view 22 January 2011 to 2 May 2011 . In January 2006, a six-metre-long whale swam up the Thames. Despite [Read More]
Smithsonian Gardens and the U.S. Botanic Garden will open the 16th annual orchid exhibition, “Orchids: A View from the East,” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Saturday, Jan. 29. The exhibition will display [Read More]
The animated undersea observatory won top honours for Best Scientific Visualization at the Red Stick International Animation Festival in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The exhibit was also selected as WHERE Magazine’s choice for the province’s top [Read More]
One of the coral reefs in Carnegie Science Center’s SeaScape exhibit has thrived so well that it has outgrown its aquarium tank. Dave Sobal, aquarium animal coordinator at the Science Center, has been in contact [Read More]
The Conway Mastodon, an iconic exhibit at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus, will be disassembled, turned to a new position and then reassembled. The move is in preparation for renovation of the center’s entrance [Read More]
Kevin Sharer, Chairman, and Paul G. Haaga, President of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Board of Trustees of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, today announced that the institution has [Read More]
Visitors come face-to-face with the greatest creatures that ever roamed the earth at Colossal DINOSAURS: Bigger Than Ever!, the new traveling exhibit at the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC). A huge T. rex (75 [Read More]
The Port Huron Museum announce another Family Program associated with the fall exhibit Robot Zoo, open now, and running through January 9. The Robot Zoo is an exciting new high technology exhibit specifically designed to [Read More]
The Houston Museum of Natural Science presents Coming To America Through Galveston Island on view now through Feb 20, 2011. From 1845 to 1924, the Port of Galveston was a major gateway to American immigration. [Read More]
The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum held the First Live Mollusk Photography Contest to commemorate the Museum’s 15th Anniversary. “The strong first year response was very encouraging, The judges did not have an easy assignment,” reports Diane [Read More]