Moriarty Science Seminar: “Follow Your Nose: How birds use scent to find mates, assess rivals, and recognize relatives”
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Follow Your Nose: How birds use scent to find mates, assess rivals, and recognize relatives" Speaker: Danielle Whittaker, Oregon State University. This event will take place online Monday, February 13 at Noon. Abstract: Smell has been called the most ancient sense, and songbirds are no exception in their use of […]
Educator Workshop: Seasonal Cycles
At the MuseumHelp develop new learning tools that promote youth engagement in science and explore the Youth Equity + STEM framework. Team up with scientists and educators from Carnegie Museum of Natural History to test innovative resources that will help your students recognize and analyze patterns and cycles in nature. We'll learn about efforts of museum scientists […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: “Using the Past to Predict the Future: What Museum Specimens Can Tell Us About Ecological Responses to Anthropogenic Change”
Hybrid: Online and At the MuseumR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Using the Past to Predict the Future: What Museum Specimens Can Tell Us About Ecological Responses to Anthropogenic Change" Speaker: Jennifer Sheridan, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. This event will take place Monday, February 27 at Noon both online and at Earth Theater. Abstract: Animal body size dictates a host […]
Carnegie Discoverers: Microfauna of Yellowstone: The Park’s Most Fascinating Species are the Ones You Can’t See from the Tour Bus
At the MuseumSpeaker: Ainsley Seago, PhD, Associate Curator, Invertebrate Zoology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Yellowstone, the crown jewel of America’s national park system, is visited annually by millions of sightseers from around the world, who are thrilled by the prospect of glimpsing bison herds, grizzly bears, elk, and other majestic wild creatures. However, the most spectacular […]
Super Science Saturday: Nature’s Palette
At the MuseumInvestigate the patterns, shapes, and colors all around us. Use this inspiration to create artwork in your own sketchbook (while supplies last). Explore the dazzling spectrum that helps insects, mammals and many other animals thrive in their environments. See if you can find where Waldo, the Jackson’s chameleon, and Bluey, the blue-tongued skink, the museum’s […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Sailing Through Eternity: Caring for the Dahshur Funerary Boat
Hybrid: Online and At the MuseumR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Sailing Through Eternity: Caring for the Dahshur Funerary Boat" Speakers: Gretchen Anderson and Dr. Lisa Haney, Carnegie Museum of Natural History This event will take place Monday, March 13 at Noon online via Zoom. Abstract: Four ancient Egyptian boats were excavated at Dahshur, Egypt in the 1890s. The Carnegie Museum […]
Teen Night: Artistry in Science
At the MuseumTeen Nights are back! Please join us for the first teen night of the new year. Artistry in Science will be all about the art techniques we can find in natural history and science, and how we can use art in our everyday lives even when it’s not obvious. Everyone can be an artist. Join […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Effects of Urbanization on Plant Phenology
OnlineR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Effects of Urbanization on Plant Phenology" Speaker: Daijiang Li, Louisiana State University. This event will take place Monday, March 27 at Noon online via Zoom. Abstract:With 57% of the human population now living in urban areas, urbanization is one of the most important drivers of global environmental change. Urbanization and […]
Educator Workshop: City Nature Challenge
At the MuseumHelp your students contribute their experience and expertise to a global community science project! This workshop will explore the surprising biodiversity of habitats like sidewalk cracks, suburban parking lots, and the diverse array of green spaces that cross our landscape in and around the city. Learn techniques for recording and analyzing nature observations. Use the […]
What Do Animals Talk About?
Earth TheaterWith Brooke Barker, acclaimed, bestselling author and illustrator Special guest Dr. John Wible, Curator of Mammals Pittsburgh-based author and illustrator Brooke Barker (Sad Animal Facts) discusses her new book, How Do Meerkats Order Pizza?: Wild Facts about Animals and the Scientists Who Study Them. Join us to learn about Brooke’s inspiration and creative process and […]
Morning Musings: Senior Social
At the MuseumLooking for an exciting way to spend your morning or afternoon? Carnegie Museum of Natural History invites you to explore nature throughout the museum with an open house featuring High Afternoon Tea themed activities. Dinosaurs! Mammals! Gems! Minerals! Botany! Birds! World Cultures! Meet with one of the museum's Natural History Interpreters and journey through some […]
Super Science Saturday:
Egg-stravaganza
At the Museum
Looking for family-friendly spring-themed activities? Join us for Egg-stravaganza! The egg-citement returns with our annual springtime scavenger hunt and an egg-cellent line-up of things to do with kids! From tiny insects to giant dinosaurs, the museum has eggs and nests of all shapes and sizes to discover. Can you find them all? Follow egg-themed clues […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Nonhuman artists? Multidisciplinary and Multispecies Accounts of the Origin of Art
Hybrid: Online and At the MuseumR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Nonhuman Artists? Multidisciplinary and Multispecies Accounts of the Origin of Art" Speakers: Dr. Deirdre Smith, Carnegie Museum of Natural History This event will take place Monday, April 10 at Noon online via Zoom. Abstract: Do animals other than humans make what some humans call “art”? What might other animals’ behaviors […]
Carnegie Discoverers: Plant and Climate Change: Predicting the Future by Looking to the Past
At the MuseumSpeaker: Benjamin R. Lee, PhD, National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Holden Arboretum, University of Pittsburgh; Botany, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Climate change poses one of the largest existential threats to natural systems. In North American temperate forests, hotter, drier summers are expected to negatively impact plant performance directly, while changing conditions are also likely […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Sleuthing on Cryptic Mammals at Powdermill Nature Reserve: Bobcats & Coyotes & Bears, Oh My!
Hybrid: Online and At the MuseumR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Sleuthing on Cryptic Mammals at Powdermill Nature Reserve: Bobcats & Coyotes & Bears, Oh My!" Speakers: Dr. Jan Janecka, Duquesne University This event will take place Monday, April 24 at Noon online via Zoom. Abstract: Pennsylvania experienced removal of forest habitat and alterations associated with open pit mining. Starting in […]
Teen Night: Earth Night
At the MuseumCome celebrate Earth Night at the museum! Learn about the science behind the museums' activities and what you can do to promote Earth Day awareness. Interested in animals and their habitats? Join museum staff as they explain how we use taxidermy specimens to teach visitors about climate, habitats, and ecology. Also check out our bird banding activity and explore how you can be part […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: 10 Things I Hate About ‘Nature,’ or a Political Ecology of Conservation
Hybrid: Online and At the MuseumR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "10 Things I Hate About 'Nature,' or a Political Ecology of Conservation" Speakers: Dr. Noah Theriault, Carnegie Mellon University This event will take place Monday, May 8 at Noon in person in Earth Theater and online via Zoom. Abstract: "Nature” and “natural” are part of our everyday vocabulary, but we […]
Carnegie Discoverers: The Panoply of Powdermill Activity: Research, Education, Exploration
At the MuseumRose-Marie Muzika, PhD, Director of Science, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Former museum director Dr. M. Graham Netting once characterized Powdermill Nature Reserve as “ideally suited to the study of plant and animal life,” a promise which it continues to fulfill today. Studies over time have yielded valuable long-term data about birds, small mammals, forest […]
Super Science Saturday: Backyard Biology
At the MuseumDid you know that May 18 is Pennsylvania Native Species Day? Learn about nature that’s a little closer to home—identify different local animal species by their tracks and scat, meet scientists from the Section of Invertebrate Paleontology with examples of Pittsburgh's own backyard fossils, learn how our friends at Powdermill Nature Reserve band thousands of […]
