SEATTLE On July 30 at 2 p.m., Martin Ramirez, Curator of Mammals at Woodland Park Zoo will share air cargo stories of how wild animals really get around. The presentation will be outdoors next to the FedEx Air Cargo exhibit in the Aviation Pavilion. Ramirez will also be showing shipping containers that are used by […]
Colorado railroads helped unearth many fossils as railroad tracks were laid. Construction crews often exposed these unusual and fascinating bones as they were digging and laying railroad ties. Trains were then used to transport these ‘stone bones’ to museums around Colorado and throughout the U.S. Ride and discover the Dinosaur Express Train on Saturday, July […]
Curate My Community exhibits open at Mount St. Joseph University, Children’s Theatre, Kenton County, Boone County and Hamilton County libraries CINCINNATI – The next time you head to the library to check out a book you can also check out some of Cincinnati Museum Center ‘s artifacts and specimens. Cincinnati Museum Center is bringing exhibits […]
13th annual celebration of insects at Museum Center June 4 CINCINNATI – Bugs. Some walk, some slither, some even fly. They’re everywhere. And now they’re getting their proper due at BugFest , Cincinnati Museum Center’s annual celebration dedicated to bugs, their role in a healthy environment and dispelling the misconceptions that cause us to fear […]
PHILADELPHIA — Tarantulas have a reputation that precedes them—terrifying, fast, hairy, scary. This winter you can see the biggest, baddest and most fearsome of all spiders in Tarantulas: Alive and Up Close, opening Jan. 30 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Visitors will come face-to-face with a wide array of live tarantulas—fangs […]
CINCINNATI – Get up close and personal with live bats and learn more about these incredible but misunderstood creatures during BatFest on Saturday, October 24. Join local experts and organizations for a day of hands-on activities, games, crafts and more as you learn the fact and fiction about bats. We’ve gone a little batty, but […]
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center is preparing to open an exhibit of mammoth importance. Big Bone Lick: A Place of Discovery will open in the Ruthven Gallery at Cincinnati Museum Center on October 10. The exhibit is free to the public. Big Bone Lick: A Place of Discovery lets you explore the paleontological and archaeological […]
CINCINNATI – Calling all dino dude and she-Rexes! From trilobites to T-Rexes, mastodons to brachiopods, fossils are taking over Cincinnati Museum Center during Fossil Fest on October 17, a celebration of those hardened remains that serve as clues to our prehistoric past. The Greater Cincinnati region has, at different times in its history, lay beneath […]
CINCINNATI – There’s something big coming to Cincinnati Museum Center. While Shark Week whips the world into a frenzy every summer, at 55 feet long and 48 tons, Whale Week promises to be even bigger. Whale Week launches August 10 at Cincinnati Museum Center with a week of old sea tales, contest and ticket giveaways. […]
