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Explore 12.000 specimens drawn from Harvard's vast research collections at the University's most visited museum. Highlights include the world famous Ware Collection glass art exhibit of 3.000 "Glass Flowers", amazingly realistic models of plants, fruits and flowers created by father-son glass flameworkers Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka from 1886-1936. Among the other 17 galleries, are "Sea Creatures in Glass", Blaschkas' earlier models of marine animals, "Language of Color", how animals perceive and communicate with color, "Looking at Leaves: Photographs by Amanda Means", and paintings by Jacques Burkhardt of Agassiz's Thayer expedition to Brazil. The museum is on the Harvard University campus, just a short 7-10 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square MBTA Red Line T station. Open daily, 9 am - 5 pm, 361 days/year. Handicapped accessible. Explore www.hmnh.harvard.edu for changing exhibitions, dozens of lectures, events, classes for all ages, year round.

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    Harvard Museum of Natural History

    26 Oxford Street
    Cambridge, MA 02138

    Phone: 617-495-3045   |   Fax: 617-496-8206   |   Email   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    02/18/12- 02/28/13	Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm Harvard Museum of Natural History Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History February 18, 2012-February 28, 2013 Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm, a new exhibition opening February 18, 2012 at Harvard Museum of Natural History, will explore mollusks' amazing diversity and feature recent discoveries about their evolutionary history. Mollusks are amazingly varied in both size and anatomical structure, as well as in their behaviors and habitats. First appearing in the fossil record in the Cambrian period more than 500 million years ago, mollusks include the brainy cephalopods such as...
    10/29/11- 06/30/12	Spiders! Harvard Museum of Natural History Spiders! Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History October 29, 2011-June 30, 2012 See the new exhibit Spiders! within Arthropods: Creatures that Rule, and learn about these amazingly versatile, and venomous, air-breathing creatures which live on every continent except Antarctica, and in every terrestrial habitat. Check out the live tarantula! Spiders! will remain on display through June 2012. The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located at 26 Oxford Street, a 7-8 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square T station.
    10/12/11- 06/30/12	New Photographic Exhibit: Life in the Extreme Deep - Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History New Photographic Exhibit: Life in the Extreme Deep - Harvard Museum of Natural History Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History October 12, 2011-June 30, 2012 Harvard Museum of Natural History announces a new photographic exhibit opening in the museum lobby on October 12, showcasing the research of Harvard’s Loeb Associate Professor of Natural Sciences Peter R. Girguis and stunning deep-sea photographs by scientists who work in the field with Professor Girguis. Life in the Extreme Deep will remain on display through June 2012. In conjunction with the photographic exhibit, the museum will offer a lecture by Harvard biologist...
    10/12/11- 06/30/12	New Photographic Exhibit - Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine Harvard Museum of Natural History New Photographic Exhibit - Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History October 12, 2011-June 30, 2012 Opening in the museum lobby on October 12, will be a selection of photographs by renowned zoologist and photographer Piotr Naskrecki, from his new book, Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine. The exhibit presents a time-lapse photographic tour of life that has persisted nearly untouched for hundreds of millions of years. This photographic exhibit will remain on display through June 2012. To compliment this photographic exhibit on Wednesday November 30 at 6:00pm,...
    05/24/11- 05/31/14	New England Forests, New Exhibition Harvard Museum of Natural History New England Forests, New Exhibition Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History May 24, 2011-May 31, 2014 New England Forests, a permanent multi-media exhibition explores the natural history our regional forests. Explore the world of woodland caribou, beaver, otter and dozens of other wildlife of New England; learn about lichen cities that cling to rocks; and the circle of life within and around a forest pond from tiny tadpoles to giant moose. A must-see before you head to the outdoors for summer camping or fall foliage.
    03/12/11- Ongoing	Nature Storytime: Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History Nature Storytime: Harvard Museum of Natural History Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History March 12, 2011 - Ongoing Children 6 and under are invited to join Harvard Museum of Natural History staff for Nature Storytime every Saturday & Sunday at 11 am & 2pm. Enjoy stories and poems designed to engage the next generation of explorers with themes related to the museum's galleries. For children 6 and under. Free with museum admission.
    06/27/10- 06/30/12	Free Sunday Mornings at Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History Free Sunday Mornings at Harvard Museum of Natural History Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History June 27, 2010-June 30, 2012 Don’t miss the world famous exhibit of 3,000 ‘Glass Flowers’, amazingly realistic models of plants, fruits and flowers created by father-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka from 1886-1936. Explore 12,000 specimens drawn from Harvard’s vast research collections at the University's most visited museum -- dinosaurs, meteorites, gemstones, and hundreds of prehistoric and current-day animals from around the globe. Get close to the world’s only mounted...

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    05/31/12

    The Grand Diversity of Fishes: Form, Function, and Evolution The Grand Diversity of Fishes: Form, Function, and Evolution Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History May 31, 2012 Exhibition re-opening lecture by George V. Lauder, Prof. of Biology and Curator of Ichthyology in Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology THURSDAY, MAY 31, 6:00 PM Fishes display a remarkable diversity in their behavior, ecology, and physical form. Constituting half of all known vertebrate species, fishes have adapted to almost every habitat on earth—from the deepest ocean trenches to highest mountain streams, and from sub-freezing to near-boiling...

    06/16/12

    Young Scientists! Discovering Nature in your Own Backyard Harvard Museum of Natural History Young Scientists! Discovering Nature in your Own Backyard Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History June 16, 2012 Family Program with Loree Griffin Burns SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 11:00 AM Join scientist and author Loree Griffin Burns for an introduction to the fascinating world of citizen science, which promotes the goal of "science for everyone, everywhere." From tallying beach debris (International Coastal Cleanup) and monitoring native bee populations (Great Sunflower Project) to tagging monarch butterflies (Monarch Watch) and hunting ladybugs (Lost Ladybug Project),...

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  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    02/18/12- 02/28/13	Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm Harvard Museum of Natural History Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History February 18, 2012-February 28, 2013 Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm, a new exhibition opening February 18, 2012 at Harvard Museum of Natural History, will explore mollusks' amazing diversity and feature recent discoveries about their evolutionary history. Mollusks are amazingly varied in both size and anatomical structure, as well as in their behaviors and habitats. First appearing in the fossil record in the Cambrian period more than 500 million years ago, mollusks include the brainy cephalopods such as...
    10/29/11- 06/30/12	Spiders! Harvard Museum of Natural History Spiders! Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History October 29, 2011-June 30, 2012 See the new exhibit Spiders! within Arthropods: Creatures that Rule, and learn about these amazingly versatile, and venomous, air-breathing creatures which live on every continent except Antarctica, and in every terrestrial habitat. Check out the live tarantula! Spiders! will remain on display through June 2012. The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located at 26 Oxford Street, a 7-8 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square T station.
    10/12/11- 06/30/12	New Photographic Exhibit: Life in the Extreme Deep - Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History New Photographic Exhibit: Life in the Extreme Deep - Harvard Museum of Natural History Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History October 12, 2011-June 30, 2012 Harvard Museum of Natural History announces a new photographic exhibit opening in the museum lobby on October 12, showcasing the research of Harvard’s Loeb Associate Professor of Natural Sciences Peter R. Girguis and stunning deep-sea photographs by scientists who work in the field with Professor Girguis. Life in the Extreme Deep will remain on display through June 2012. In conjunction with the photographic exhibit, the museum will offer a lecture by Harvard biologist...
    10/12/11- 06/30/12	New Photographic Exhibit - Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine Harvard Museum of Natural History New Photographic Exhibit - Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History October 12, 2011-June 30, 2012 Opening in the museum lobby on October 12, will be a selection of photographs by renowned zoologist and photographer Piotr Naskrecki, from his new book, Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine. The exhibit presents a time-lapse photographic tour of life that has persisted nearly untouched for hundreds of millions of years. This photographic exhibit will remain on display through June 2012. To compliment this photographic exhibit on Wednesday November 30 at 6:00pm,...
    05/24/11- 05/31/14	New England Forests, New Exhibition Harvard Museum of Natural History New England Forests, New Exhibition Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History May 24, 2011-May 31, 2014 New England Forests, a permanent multi-media exhibition explores the natural history our regional forests. Explore the world of woodland caribou, beaver, otter and dozens of other wildlife of New England; learn about lichen cities that cling to rocks; and the circle of life within and around a forest pond from tiny tadpoles to giant moose. A must-see before you head to the outdoors for summer camping or fall foliage.
    03/12/11- Ongoing	Nature Storytime: Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History Nature Storytime: Harvard Museum of Natural History Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History March 12, 2011 - Ongoing Children 6 and under are invited to join Harvard Museum of Natural History staff for Nature Storytime every Saturday & Sunday at 11 am & 2pm. Enjoy stories and poems designed to engage the next generation of explorers with themes related to the museum's galleries. For children 6 and under. Free with museum admission.
    06/27/10- 06/30/12	Free Sunday Mornings at Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History Free Sunday Mornings at Harvard Museum of Natural History Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History June 27, 2010-June 30, 2012 Don’t miss the world famous exhibit of 3,000 ‘Glass Flowers’, amazingly realistic models of plants, fruits and flowers created by father-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka from 1886-1936. Explore 12,000 specimens drawn from Harvard’s vast research collections at the University's most visited museum -- dinosaurs, meteorites, gemstones, and hundreds of prehistoric and current-day animals from around the globe. Get close to the world’s only mounted...

  • Upcoming Events

    05/31/12

    The Grand Diversity of Fishes: Form, Function, and Evolution The Grand Diversity of Fishes: Form, Function, and Evolution Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History May 31, 2012 Exhibition re-opening lecture by George V. Lauder, Prof. of Biology and Curator of Ichthyology in Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology THURSDAY, MAY 31, 6:00 PM Fishes display a remarkable diversity in their behavior, ecology, and physical form. Constituting half of all known vertebrate species, fishes have adapted to almost every habitat on earth—from the deepest ocean trenches to highest mountain streams, and from sub-freezing to near-boiling...

    06/16/12

    Young Scientists! Discovering Nature in your Own Backyard Harvard Museum of Natural History Young Scientists! Discovering Nature in your Own Backyard Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History June 16, 2012 Family Program with Loree Griffin Burns SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 11:00 AM Join scientist and author Loree Griffin Burns for an introduction to the fascinating world of citizen science, which promotes the goal of "science for everyone, everywhere." From tallying beach debris (International Coastal Cleanup) and monitoring native bee populations (Great Sunflower Project) to tagging monarch butterflies (Monarch Watch) and hunting ladybugs (Lost Ladybug Project),...

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  • Past Events

    05/26/12	Watch Out for Vulture Vomit and Other Adventures in Bird Watching Harvard Museum of Natural History
    05/12/12	Shellshocked: Saving Oysters to Save Ourselves Harvard Museum of Natural History
    05/02/12	Why Evolution is True and Why Many People Still Don’t Believe It Harvard Museum of Natural History
    04/21/12	The Race for What’s Left: The Global Scramble for the World’s Last Resources Harvard Museum of Natural History
    04/20/12	What If? Alternative Histories of Science Harvard Museum of Natural History
    04/12/12	The Social Conquest of Earth Harvard Museum of Natural History
    04/03/12	Learning From Insects: How Our World is Shaped by Bees, Ants and Other Social Insects Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/29/12	Evolutionary Medicine at 20: Not yet Mature, but on the Way Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/11/12	The Sounding of the Whale: Science and Cetaceans in the Twentieth Century Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/10/12	Capturing Insects with Pencil & Paper (Ages 9–13) Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/08/12	New Directions in EcoPlanning Annual Lecture A Great Green Cloud: The Rise and Fall of the City Elms Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/06/12- 04/10/12	Animal Artists: A six-week course (Ages 7–11) Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/03/12	Paleo Planet: A Look at Life in the Past Harvard Museum of Natural History
    02/28/12	From Democratic Consensus to Cannibalistic Hordes: The Principles of Collective Behavior Harvard Museum of Natural History
    02/16/12	The Biology and Evolution of Mollusks Harvard Museum of Natural History
    02/11/12	Capturing Forest Animals with Pencil and Paper (Ages 9–13) Harvard Museum of Natural History
    02/05/12	Digging for Mastodons: Discovering an Ice Age World in the Colorado Rockies Harvard Museum of Natural History
    02/01/12	The Origin of Cellular Life Harvard Museum of Natural History
    01/18/12	Strange New Worlds: From Meteorites in Antarctica to the Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System Harvard Museum of Natural History
    01/14/12	Capturing African Mammals with Pencil and Paper (Ages 9–13) Harvard Museum of Natural History
    12/21/11	Winter Solstice Night at the Museum Harvard Museum of Natural History
    12/13/11	Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed Harvard Museum of Natural History
    12/10/11	Capturing Tidepool Animals with Pencil and Paper (Ages 9–13) Harvard Museum of Natural History
    12/02/11	Ghost Orchids - Artist talk by Siobhan Healy Harvard Museum of Natural History
    12/02/11- 03/04/12	New Glass Sculpture Exhibit: Siobhan Healy presents ‘Ghost Orchids’ Harvard Museum of Natural History
    11/30/11	Relics: Travels in Nature's Time Machine - Lecture and booksigning by Piotr Naskrecki Harvard Museum of Natural History
    11/20/11	The Species Seekers - Author talk by Richard Conniff Harvard Museum of Natural History
    11/05/11- 12/03/11	The Art of Botanical Drawing: A four-week course for adults Harvard Museum of Natural History
    11/05/11	Capturing Large Cats and Dogs with Pencil & Paper (Ages 9–13) Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/29/11	What's So Scary? A Halloween Scavenger Hunt at Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/27/11	The Emergent Forest of New England - Lecture by Peter Del Tredici Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/15/11	Capturing Birds of Prey with Pencil & Paper (Ages 9–13) Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/12/11	Life in the Extreme Deep - Lecture by Peter Girguis Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/12/11	National Fossil Day - Celebrating Earth Science Week Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/11/11- 11/15/11	Animal Artists: A six-week course (Ages 7–11) Harvard Museum of Natural History
    09/24/11- 10/15/11	Drawing Animals: A four-week course for adults Harvard Museum of Natural History
    09/14/11	Challenges and Choices: The History and Future of New England Forests - Lecture by David Foster Harvard Museum of Natural History
    08/30/11	Animal Artists: A six-week course (Ages 7–11)
    08/24/11	Superbat: A Documentary Screening Harvard Museum of Natural History
    07/09/11- 09/05/11	Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt Harvard Museum of Natural History
    06/22/11- 08/24/11	Summer Nights at the Museum Harvard Museum of Natural History
    04/08/11	Bizarre Animals II: An Evening of Contemporary Art Interventions Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/31/11- 03/30/11	Restoring an Urban Watershed: Ecology, Equity, and Design. Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/05/11	Vanishing of the Bees Screening Harvard Museum of Natural History
    01/27/11	Heads Up! How and Why the Amazing Human Head Evolved the Way It Is - Free Lecture Harvard Museum of Natural History
    01/13/11	Gorillas to Grizzlies: Conservation in Action from Africa to the United States - Lecture Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/30/10- 12/31/10	Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/30/10	Hogwarts at HMNH Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/29/10- 12/31/11	The Glass Flowers Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/21/10	RE:Design: A Dramatization of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin and Asa Gray Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/13/10	National Fossil Day Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/12/10	Honeybee Democracy Geological Lecture Hall
    10/02/10- 12/30/11	Africa Gallery Harvard Museum of Natural History
    09/23/10- 09/01/10	Language of Color Harvard Museum of Natural History
    08/19/10	Summer Night at the Museum Harvard Museum of Natural History
    07/15/10	Summer Night at the Museum, Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History
    06/17/10	Birdology: From Hens to Hummingbirds—And One Big Living Dinosaur Harvard Museum of Natural History
    06/17/10	Summer Night at the Museum Harvard Museum of Natural History
    05/22/10- 12/31/11	Headgear: The Natural History of Horns and Antlers Harvard Museum of Natural History
    04/28/10	Defining a New Environmental Vocabulary; Talk by Landscape Architect Jane Wolff Harvard Museum of Natural History
    04/20/10- 05/09/10	Free Sunday Mornings at Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/26/10	Bizarre Animals: An Evening of Contemporary Art Interventions Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/21/10	Zombie Insects and Disgusted Humans: How Parasites Affect Behavior Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/18/10	Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy: Author Talk and Gallery Social with Melissa Milgrom Harvard Museum of Natural History
    03/06/10	Earth Rocks!: A Family Festival Harvard Museum of Natural History
    02/16/10- 02/19/10	Animal Naturalists: Art and Science Program for Kids Harvard Museum of Natural History
    02/12/10- 02/28/10	Gallery Exploration of the Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac Harvard Museum of Natural History
    01/27/10	Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human Harvard Museum of Natural History
    01/23/10	Coyote at the Kitchen Door: A conversation with Stephen Destefano & Amy Stein Harvard Museum of Natural History
    01/22/10- 04/18/10	Domesticated: Artist’s Exhibition Opening Talk by Amy Stein Harvard Museum of Natural History
    01/22/10- 04/18/10	Domesticated: Modern Dioramas of Our New Natural History: Photographs by Amy Stein Harvard Museum of Natural History
    01/17/10	A Bite Through Time: Family Program with Tanya Smith Harvard Museum of Natural History
    12/13/09	The Size and Shape of Nature Harvard Museum of Natural History
    12/10/09	Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History
    11/15/09	Dance, Dance, Evolution: Family Program at the Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History
    11/13/09	“Exploring Art, Nature and City with the Ghost of Darwin” - Artist’s talk with Gail Wight. Harvard Museum of Natural History
    10/16/09- 12/31/10	Reopening of the Great Mammal Hall Harvard Museum of Natural History
    08/19/09	Drawing Animals, Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History
    07/16/09- 08/20/09	Summer Nights at the Museum Harvard Museum of Natural History
    06/09/09	Summer Nights at the Museum Harvard Museum of Natural History
    05/17/09	Under New England: The Story of New England's Rocks and Fossils Harvard Museum of Natural History
    04/28/09	The Origin Cycle, Premiere by Firebird Ensemble Harvard Museum of Natural History

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    • Event Name: The Species Seekers - Author talk by Richard Conniff
      "Richard Conniff talk is at 4 pm"
      Comment posted by: MuseumGoer from Cambridge, MA, Nov 14, 2011
      

      This should be a wonderful talk, by a renowned author, but note the starting time is at 4 pm, but come early to see all the new exhibitions in the museum.

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      This should be a wonderful talk, by a renowned author, but note the starting time is at 4 pm, but come early to see all the new exhibitions in the museum.

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    • Event Name: Headgear: The Natural History of Horns and Antlers
      "See Carley Thornell's review in the Boston Herald"
      Comment posted by: Boston Herald review from hmnhpr@oeb.harvard.edu, Sep 17, 2010
      

      http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100613harvard_museum_gets_its_hooks_into_visitors_with_latest_exhibit_horns_aplenty/srvc=home&position=4

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      http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100613harvard_museum_gets_its_hooks_into_visitors_with_latest_exhibit_horns_aplenty/srvc=home&position=4

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    • Event Name: Language of Color
      "Review in Metrowest Daily News"
      Comment posted by: John from Cambridge, MA, Jun 09, 2009
      

      Harvard Exhibit Explores Nature's Palette http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/archive/x1229542318/Harvard-exhibit-explores-natures-palette

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      Harvard Exhibit Explores Nature's Palette http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/archive/x1229542318/Harvard-exhibit-explores-natures-palette

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