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  Harvard Museum of Natural History

  26 Oxford Street
  Cambridge, MA 02138

  Phone: 617.495.3045   |   Email   |   Official Website

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• • Current Events

    03/28/13- 10/31/13	Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery Harvard Museum of Natural History Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History March 28-October 31, 2013 The newly-renovated Earth & Planetary Sciences gallery features a spectacular array of stunning minerals and intriguing rocks from the collections of Harvard’s Mineralogical and Geological Museum, some of which will be on public display for the very first time. Visitors will come face to face with rock and mineral specimens that date back to beginning of our solar system and trace the dynamic history of Earth. Uncover mysteries of our planet’s origins revealed in...
    03/06/13- 12/06/13	TIME TRAILS Gallery Exploration Harvard Museum of Natural History TIME TRAILS Gallery Exploration Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History March 6-December 6, 2013 Explore the concept of time revealed in specimens specially marked with a 'time piece' located throughout the galleries of the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Find extraterrestrial rocks "as old as time"; look closer at giant clams whose shells, like tree rings, show each year's growth; or seek out fossilized dinosaur footprints crossing through a riverbed over 200 million years ago. Pick up the Time Trails map at the museum front desk, free with museum admission. Get the...
    02/16/13- 12/31/13	February School Vacation Week Activity: Look Listen Touch Harvard Museum of Natural History February School Vacation Week Activity: Look Listen Touch Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History February 16-December 31, 2013 The Museum will offer Look Listen Touch, a guide for young children to explore the Museum's New England Forests, in the Zofnass Family Gallery. Pick-up the exploration flyer at the front desk or in the gallery and learn how to help your child experience nature in a multi-sensory way. Sit on the bench beneath the wolf; shut your eyes and listen. Do you hear the sounds of a bird singing, a woodpecker tapping, a frog croaking? How many different colors can you see in the feathers of one bird?...
    10/09/12- 12/31/15	The Glass Flowers Harvard Museum of Natural History The Glass Flowers Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History October 9, 2012-December 31, 2015 3,000 amazingly realistic models of plants, flowers and fruits, painstakingly crafted in glass from 1886 to 1936 by German glass artists, father and son Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka. Some 4,000 models were made by just two men, Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895) and his son Rudolph (1857-1939). Heirs to a long tradition of glass-working in Bohemia, they had moved to Germany and established a studio outside of Dresden. Glass Flowers would be a perfect addition to visits to the Boston Garden...
    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.

• • Upcoming Events

    06/21/13	Summer Solstice: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Harvard Museum of Natural History Summer Solstice: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History June 21, 2013 Celebrate the longest day of the year with live music, solar telescope viewing from the roof of the Science Center, food trucks, hands-on activities on the new Harvard Plaza, and free admission to all four of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and the Semitic Museum). Parking/Directions: Free event parking in the 52 Oxford Street Garage. An 8 minute...
    06/23/13	The Human Shore: Seacoasts in History Harvard Museum of Natural History The Human Shore: Seacoasts in History Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History June 23, 2013 More than half of Americans now live within 50 miles of ocean, but should they? John Gillis (Rutgers University) argues that an inadequate understanding of the natural and human history of our shores has left communities unprepared for coastal dwelling. Parking/Directions: See website for details. An 8 minute walk through Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square red line T stop.
    06/27/13	The Shadow of the Quagga: What a Long-lost Zebra Reveals about Horses, Evolution, and Extinction Harvard Museum of Natural History The Shadow of the Quagga: What a Long-lost Zebra Reveals about Horses, Evolution, and Extinction Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History June 27, 2013 The quagga, a South African relative of horses and zebras, has been a key figure in the understanding of evolution since Darwin. A lecture by Eric Scott, Curator of Paleontology at San Bernardino County Museum. Parking/Directions: See website for details. An 8 minute walk through Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square red line T stop.
    07/08/13- 08/09/13	Summer Science Weeks Harvard Museum of Natural History Summer Science Weeks Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History July 8-August 9, 2013 Let your children spend a week of the summer at the Museum! Through a rich variety of activities, games, and study in the galleries, students will have fun while learning. Seven different programs cater to a range of ages. Register online.

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• Current Events

  03/28/13- 10/31/13	Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery Harvard Museum of Natural History Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History March 28-October 31, 2013 The newly-renovated Earth & Planetary Sciences gallery features a spectacular array of stunning minerals and intriguing rocks from the collections of Harvard’s Mineralogical and Geological Museum, some of which will be on public display for the very first time. Visitors will come face to face with rock and mineral specimens that date back to beginning of our solar system and trace the dynamic history of Earth. Uncover mysteries of our planet’s origins revealed in...
  03/06/13- 12/06/13	TIME TRAILS Gallery Exploration Harvard Museum of Natural History TIME TRAILS Gallery Exploration Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History March 6-December 6, 2013 Explore the concept of time revealed in specimens specially marked with a 'time piece' located throughout the galleries of the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Find extraterrestrial rocks "as old as time"; look closer at giant clams whose shells, like tree rings, show each year's growth; or seek out fossilized dinosaur footprints crossing through a riverbed over 200 million years ago. Pick up the Time Trails map at the museum front desk, free with museum admission. Get the...
  02/16/13- 12/31/13	February School Vacation Week Activity: Look Listen Touch Harvard Museum of Natural History February School Vacation Week Activity: Look Listen Touch Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History February 16-December 31, 2013 The Museum will offer Look Listen Touch, a guide for young children to explore the Museum's New England Forests, in the Zofnass Family Gallery. Pick-up the exploration flyer at the front desk or in the gallery and learn how to help your child experience nature in a multi-sensory way. Sit on the bench beneath the wolf; shut your eyes and listen. Do you hear the sounds of a bird singing, a woodpecker tapping, a frog croaking? How many different colors can you see in the feathers of one bird?...
  10/09/12- 12/31/15	The Glass Flowers Harvard Museum of Natural History The Glass Flowers Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History October 9, 2012-December 31, 2015 3,000 amazingly realistic models of plants, flowers and fruits, painstakingly crafted in glass from 1886 to 1936 by German glass artists, father and son Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka. Some 4,000 models were made by just two men, Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895) and his son Rudolph (1857-1939). Heirs to a long tradition of glass-working in Bohemia, they had moved to Germany and established a studio outside of Dresden. Glass Flowers would be a perfect addition to visits to the Boston Garden...
  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.

• Upcoming Events

  06/21/13	Summer Solstice: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Harvard Museum of Natural History Summer Solstice: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History June 21, 2013 Celebrate the longest day of the year with live music, solar telescope viewing from the roof of the Science Center, food trucks, hands-on activities on the new Harvard Plaza, and free admission to all four of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and the Semitic Museum). Parking/Directions: Free event parking in the 52 Oxford Street Garage. An 8 minute...
  06/23/13	The Human Shore: Seacoasts in History Harvard Museum of Natural History The Human Shore: Seacoasts in History Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History June 23, 2013 More than half of Americans now live within 50 miles of ocean, but should they? John Gillis (Rutgers University) argues that an inadequate understanding of the natural and human history of our shores has left communities unprepared for coastal dwelling. Parking/Directions: See website for details. An 8 minute walk through Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square red line T stop.
  06/27/13	The Shadow of the Quagga: What a Long-lost Zebra Reveals about Horses, Evolution, and Extinction Harvard Museum of Natural History The Shadow of the Quagga: What a Long-lost Zebra Reveals about Horses, Evolution, and Extinction Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History June 27, 2013 The quagga, a South African relative of horses and zebras, has been a key figure in the understanding of evolution since Darwin. A lecture by Eric Scott, Curator of Paleontology at San Bernardino County Museum. Parking/Directions: See website for details. An 8 minute walk through Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square red line T stop.
  07/08/13- 08/09/13	Summer Science Weeks Harvard Museum of Natural History Summer Science Weeks Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History July 8-August 9, 2013 Let your children spend a week of the summer at the Museum! Through a rich variety of activities, games, and study in the galleries, students will have fun while learning. Seven different programs cater to a range of ages. Register online.

Past
Events

• Past Events

  06/18/13	Law of the Locusts: What Insect Swarms Teach Us about Cannibalism, Aging, and Human Obesity Harvard Museum of Natural History
  06/06/13	Chimpanzee Futures in a Crowded World: Lessons from Western Uganda Harvard Museum of Natural History
  05/25/13	Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean Harvard Museum of Natural History
  05/11/13	Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures Harvard Museum of Natural History
  05/11/13	Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures Harvard Museum of Natural History
  05/05/13	Close Cousins: Chimpanzee Program for Kids with Zarin Machanda Harvard Museum of Natural History
  04/06/13	Capturing Imaginary Animals with Pencil and Paper (Ages 9–13) Harvard Museum of Natural History
  03/12/13	FROM THE BIG BANG TO BROADWAY: How Things Evolve Harvard Museum of Natural History
  03/09/13	STORIES THROUGH TIME FAMILY FESTIVAL Harvard Museum of Natural History
  03/06/13- 04/10/13	Creature Creators 6-Week DRAWING CLASS (Ages 7–12) Harvard Museum of Natural History
  03/02/13	NESTS & EGGS: Engineering & Evolution in the Avian World WORKSHOP Harvard Museum of Natural History
  03/02/13	Capturing Feathers, Fur & Scales with Pencil & Paper (Ages 9–13) Harvard Museum of Natural History
  02/09/13	Capturing Birds of Prey with Pencil & Paper (Ages 9–13) Harvard Museum of Natural History
  01/31/13	What art thou, LittLe Bird? Harvard Museum of Natural History
  01/26/13- 02/09/13	Drawing the Animals Harvard Museum of Natural History
  01/26/13	Capturing Fish with Pencil and Paper (Ages 9–13) Harvard Museum of Natural History
  01/26/13	HISTORY OF THE ARCTIC: Author talk by John McCannon Harvard Museum of Natural History
  10/24/12	Why Violence Has Declined: Lecture & Book Signing with Steven Pinker Harvard Museum of Natural History
  10/20/12	Fungus Fair: A family festival Harvard Museum of Natural History
  09/22/12	Science on Ice: Author talk with Chris Linder Harvard Museum of Natural History
  06/29/12- 09/03/12	Spider-Sense! Scavenger Hunt Harvard Museum of Natural History
  06/29/12- 03/13/13	Fishes: A New Exhibition Harvard Museum of Natural History
  06/16/12	Young Scientists! Discovering Nature in your Own Backyard Harvard Museum of Natural History
  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
  02/18/12- 02/28/13	Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm 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- 03/04/12	New Glass Sculpture Exhibit: Siobhan Healy presents ‘Ghost Orchids’ Harvard Museum of Natural History
  12/02/11	Ghost Orchids - Artist talk by Siobhan Healy 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	Capturing Large Cats and Dogs with Pencil & Paper (Ages 9–13) 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
  10/29/11- 06/30/12	Spiders! 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- 06/30/12	New Photographic Exhibit: Life in the Extreme Deep - Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History
  10/12/11- 06/30/12	New Photographic Exhibit - Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine Harvard Museum of Natural History
  10/12/11	National Fossil Day - Celebrating Earth Science Week Harvard Museum of Natural History
  10/12/11	Life in the Extreme Deep - Lecture by Peter Girguis 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
  08/24/11	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	Hogwarts at HMNH Harvard Museum of Natural History
  10/30/10- 12/31/10	Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt 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
  10/02/10- 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
  06/27/10- 06/30/12	Free Sunday Mornings at Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard Museum of Natural History
  06/17/10	Summer Night at the Museum Harvard Museum of Natural History
  06/17/10	Birdology: From Hens to Hummingbirds—And One Big Living Dinosaur 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: Modern Dioramas of Our New Natural History: Photographs by 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
  01/17/10	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