Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Special Presentation: The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs
2024-04-18 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
“The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs”
Speaker: Julia A. Clarke, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
How do we go beyond the bones to bring dinosaurs to life? Dr. Clarke explains the new toolkits she uses to study what dinosaurs might have sounded or looked like when they roamed the Earth.
Image: On what is now Vega Island, Antarctica some 69 million years ago, a medium-sized predatory dinosaur is shown using close-mouth vocal behavior while Vegavis iaai (the oldest known bird to preserve a modern-style avian vocal organ, known as a syrinx) calls and flies overhead. Image credit: Nicole Fuller/Sayo Art/The University of Texas at Austin.

“The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs”
Thursday, April 18, 6:00 p.m.

This talk is free with museum admission. Admission is discounted after 3:00 p.m. on weekdays.

Super Science Saturday: The Stories We Keep
2024-04-20 12:00 - 16:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Caring for the museum’s millions of specimens is a BIG job! Investigate the science of conservation and restoration that keeps the cherished objects in our care safe. Meet museum conservators and watch them demonstrate conservation techniques in real time in Dinosaurs in Their Time, the Hall of North American Wildlife, and the conservation lab in The Stories We Keep. Discover the 10 “Agents of Deterioration” that conservators guard against and learn how to care for your special things at home.

Sponsors
Super Science Saturdays are sponsored by PA Cyber, Tender Care Learning Centers, a proud partner of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and Discover Westmoreland.

Book Launch: This Is NOT an Artifact: Selections from the Center for PostNatural History by Rich Pell
2024-04-25 18:00 - 19:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Join Rich Pell, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for PostNatural History, whose mission is to increase understanding of human entanglement with the natural world. While humans were once mere participants in the evolutionary process, we are now a primary force shaping it.
This Is NOT An Artifact catalogs 15 years of investigation by the Center for PostNatural History—including essays and photography by founder Rich Pell and a catalog of PostNatural organisms—and comes with 3D glasses!
“Visually lush and beautifully written.”
– Mark Dion
“A fascinating and eccentric read.”
– Heather Dewey-Hagborg
“Beautiful and intensely thought-provoking.”
– Trevor Paglen
“Truth is weirder than fiction—and nowhere is that truer than in this book.“
– The Yes Men

Thursday, April 25, 6:00 p.m.

This talk is free with museum admission. Admission is discounted after 3:00 p.m. on weekdays.

Powdermill Avian Research Center Free Guided Tour
2024-04-26 08:00 - 09:30 | Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, 15677, United States
Enjoy a free guided tour of the bird banding lab and research facility including the flight tunnel. Visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds, and learn about the data they gather. Hear about how we’re studying avian perception of glass to provide glass manufacturers and building designers with important information that will help reduce bird-window collisions.
Guests must pre-register for the tour and arrive at PARC by 8:00 a.m. The tour is 1.5 hours long.

PARC Free Guided Tour
April 26, 2024 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Powdermill Avian Research Center Free Guided Tour
2024-05-03 08:00 - 09:30 | Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, 15677, United States
Enjoy a free guided tour of the bird banding lab and research facility including the flight tunnel. Visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds, and learn about the data they gather. Hear about how we’re studying avian perception of glass to provide glass manufacturers and building designers with important information that will help reduce bird-window collisions.
Guests must pre-register for the tour and arrive at PARC by 8:00 a.m. The tour is 1.5 hours long.

PARC Free Guided Tour
May 3, 2024 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

The Stories We Keep: Member Exclusive
2024-05-03 18:00 - 21:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Join us for a members exclusive event at Carnegie Museum of Natural History! Every object in a museum’s care has stories, from its creation and original use to the diligent conservation work undertaken to preserve it for future generations. The Stories We Keep features more than 80 items from ancient Egypt and the work necessary to safeguard them. Engage with these objects like never before, pose questions to conservators, and learn the tricks and tools of the conservation trade.

Member Exclusive: The Stories We Keep
Friday, May 3, 2024, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Family Nature Walk at Powdermill
2024-05-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, 15677, United States
Join us as we hit the trails for a guided nature walk! We’ll meet in the atrium of the Powdermill Nature Center at 2 pm before heading outside to explore. This family-friendly experience is open to participants of all ages.
Events fill up fast! Registration is recommended to guarantee your spot and help us plan timing, seating, and/or trail routes. If there are spots available at the time of the program, non-registered individuals can join on a first-come, first-served basis.

Family Nature Walk
Saturday, May 4, 2024 2 p.m.

Sold out? Sign up for our waitlist!

Carnegie Discoverers: Looking Closely: Lessons from the Carnegie's "Natural History Art" Collection
2024-05-09 18:00 - 20:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Deirdre M. Smith, Teaching Assistant Professor of Museum Studies, University of Pittsburgh; Assistant Curator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
In 1973, the “M. Graham Netting Animal Portraiture Collection” was established through a grant by the Scaife Family Charitable Trusts. In the years that followed, Graham Netting—former Director and Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles at CMNH used these funds to build an eccentric collection of hundreds of prints, drawings, paintings, photographs, and archival ephemera by CMNH staff, scientists, naturalists, illustrators, and other makers. This talk will share images and stories from the collection, exploring what it can teach audiences today about the history of the museum, and the history of art and science.
This is a Carnegie Discoverers meeting. Membership to the Carnegie Discoverers opens doors to in-depth and up-close experiences with scientists, exhibition designers, and program directors across the museum. Become a member today to enjoy exclusive access to all the world-class scientific and educational treasures that Carnegie Museum of Natural History has to offer. Learn more about Carnegie Discoverers and how to join.

Powdermill Avian Research Center Open House
2024-05-11 08:00 - 11:00 | Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, 15677, United States
Join us for an Open House to celebrate the grand opening of our new bird banding laboratory! Powdermill Avian Research Center’s (PARC) Open House days are FREE behind-the-scenes experiences for people to visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds, and learn about the data they gather. Visitors are also able to visit PARC’s flight tunnel and chat with scientists on staff.

PARC Open House
May 11, 2024 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Moriarty Science Seminar: Leveraging the Digital Extended Specimen Model of Extensible Biodiversity Data for Advancing Collections-Based Research and Education
2024-05-20 12:00 - 13:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: “Leveraging the Digital Extended Specimen Model of Extensible Biodiversity Data for Advancing Collections-Based Research and Education”
In recent decades, digital data has been added to the physical objects housed in natural history collections around the world, allowing researchers, educators, and policy makers easy access to centuries of information about Earth’s biodiversity. In addition to an influx of digital data, efforts to digitize collections have also supported an increasingly engaged collections community.
Digital data provide the opportunity to link information about biodiversity across databases, such that analysis beginning with a two-hundred-year-old plant specimen, for example, can lead a researcher to associated environmental, genetic, and climate data pertinent to informing their scientific research. This extensible network of information has been termed the Digital Extended Specimen (DES), and once fully implemented will provide an efficient, standards-based, interdisciplinary approach to collections-based research.
In support of a DES and other initiatives, US collections professionals have been organizing around the concept of a Biological Collections Action Center. An Action Center has the potential to provide the infrastructure for maintaining, expanding, and supporting myriad activities that are currently disparate, institution-specific, or otherwise siloed. These two components – enhanced collections data and an active professional community – have led to advancements that are likely to continue to shape this community for another decade or more.
Speaker: Libby Ellwood, iDigBio.
This event will take place Monday, May 20, 2024 at Noon in person at Earth Theater.
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Super Science Saturday: Museum Mysteries
2024-05-25 12:00 - 16:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Museums are full of mysteries for us to explore! How did those big dinosaur bones get into the museum? What’s behind the miniature door on the 3rd floor? How do scientists know they’ve found something NEW? And is there really a hotdog in the mural around the grand staircase? Join us to learn the secrets behind some of our greatest museum mysteries.

Sponsors
Super Science Saturdays are sponsored by PA Cyber, Tender Care Learning Centers, a proud partner of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and Discover Westmoreland.

Carnegie Connectors Young Professionals: The Stories We Keep
2024-05-31 18:00 - 21:30 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
You’re invited!
Join us for a Carnegie Connector’s exclusive event at Carnegie Museum of Natural History! Engage with museum objects like never before, pose questions to conservators, and learn the tricks and tools of the conservation trade at The Stories We Keep: Conserving Objects from Ancient Egypt.
Every object in the museum’s care has stories, from its creation and original use to the diligent conservation work undertaken to preserve it for future generations. This exhibition features more than 80 items from ancient Egypt—including the 4,000-year-old Dahshur boat, one of four in existence in the world—and the work necessary to safeguard them.
Network with members, interact with a conservator, and enjoy complimentary drinks and light bites at this exclusive event. Business casual or party attire suggested.
You must be 21 years of age or older to attend this event. Valid ID is required for entry.
Exclusive event for young professionals, 21-40.

Family Nature Walk at Powdermill
2024-06-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, 15677, United States
Join us as we hit the trails for a guided nature walk! We’ll meet in the atrium of the Powdermill Nature Center at 2 pm before heading outside to explore. This family-friendly experience is open to participants of all ages.
Events fill up fast! Registration is recommended to guarantee your spot and help us plan timing, seating, and/or trail routes. If there are spots available at the time of the program, non-registered individuals can join on a first-come, first-served basis.

Family Nature Walk
Saturday, June 1, 2024 2 p.m.

Sold out? Sign up for our waitlist!

Evening Pride Tours
2024-06-06 18:30 - 19:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Take a tour with a Natural History Interpreter to explore the museum while celebrating Pride month! We will highlight museum dioramas by sharing new stories and encouraging you to approach the exhibits with a new lens.
Meet at the entrance to Dinosaurs in Their Time.
Tours will run through the month of June.

Sensory Friendly Evening: Camp Out
2024-06-14 18:00 - 21:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Sensory Friendly Evening
Head to Carnegie Museum of Natural History for a sensory-supportive evening campout, no sleeping bag or tent required! Read seasonal stories around the faux campfire and explore nighttime nature with some live animal ambassadors. Museum galleries will reopen for this event after the museum has closed to the general public and will have reduced audio/visual elements, and calming spaces with support materials.

Friday, June 14
6:00-9:00 p.m.

Sponsors

Midday Musings: Senior Social
2024-06-20 12:00 - 16:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Looking 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 activities for seniors. Dinosaurs! Mammals! Gems! Minerals! Botany! Birds! World Cultures! Meet with one of the museum’s Natural History Interpreters and journey through some of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s most historic, scientifically significant, and beloved collections.
Coffee, tea and light snacks will be available in the Senior Social lounge.

Open to Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh members only. Reserve early- this event will sell out!
Community Access Membership is presented by

Senior Membership is generously supported by Eat’n Park.

Family Nature Walk at Powdermill
2024-07-06 14:00 - 15:00 | Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, 15677, United States
Join us as we hit the trails for a guided nature walk! We’ll meet in the atrium of the Powdermill Nature Center at 2 pm before heading outside to explore. This family-friendly experience is open to participants of all ages.
Events fill up fast! Registration is recommended to guarantee your spot and help us plan timing, seating, and/or trail routes. If there are spots available at the time of the program, non-registered individuals can join on a first-come, first-served basis.

Family Nature Walk
Saturday, July 6, 2024 2 p.m.

Sold out? Sign up for our waitlist!

Symposium - Discovering Dippy: The Dinosaur That Changed the World
2024-07-12 10:00 - 17:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Enjoy a day of talks about our beloved mascot by scientists, historians, and museum professionals.
Become an expert on the past, present, and future of research and discovery of Pittsburgh’s favorite dinosaur – the one and only Dippy! Talks by leading scientists, historians, and museum professionals will get you acquainted with a whole new side of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s beloved mascot.
Speakers include, Tom Rea, the author of Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie’s Dinosaur, Dr. John Whitlock, one of the world’s experts on Diplodocus carnegii and its relatives, Dr. Aja Carter, a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University who uses robots to investigate the biology of extinct animals, Phil Fraley, the renowned artist and museum professional who led the remounting of Dippy, T. rex, and more for our Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibition, and our very own dinosaur researchers Dr. Sarah Davis and Dr. Matt Lamanna.
Come for one lecture or stay for the day! All dino-enthusiasts, aspiring scientists, natural history lovers, and friends of the museum are welcome to help us celebrate Dippy’s discovery 125 years ago.
Friday, July 12, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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Schedule:
10-10:30 a.m. – Check-in
10:30-10:40 a.m. – Welcome remarks
10:40-11:30 a.m. – “Boneheads and Brilliant Men: The Discovery and Celebrity
of Andrew Carnegie’s Dinosaur” – Tom Rea, Author/journalist (retired)
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. – “Resurrecting a Titan: What We Know About the Life of Dippy,
and How We Know It” John Whitlock, Associate Professor, Mount Aloysius College
12:20-1:10 p.m. – Lunch break
1:10-2:00 p.m. – “Motion from Stone: The Dawn of Paleobionics” – Aja Carter, Postdoctoral fellow, Carnegie Mellon University
2:00-2:50 p.m. – “Reimagining the Carnegie Dinosaurs” – Phil Fraley, Founder/owner/CEO (retired), Phil Fraley Productions
2:50-3:10 p.m. – Coffee break
3:10-4:00 p.m. – “How Colorful Was Dippy? Deciphering the Appearance of Extinct Dinosaurs” – Sarah Davis, Collection Manager of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4:00-4:50 p.m. – Where the Wild Things Are: The Strange Southern Hemisphere Cousins of Diplodocus carnegii” – Matt Lamanna, Mary R. Dawson Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4:50-5:00 p.m. – Closing remarks

Dippy’s Birthday Party for Members
2024-07-12 18:00 - 21:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
*Sold out* Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh members are invited to a birthday celebration for everyone’s favorite dinosaur, Diplodocus carnegii (Dippy). Discovered 125 years ago during an expedition funded by Andrew Carnegie, Dippy ignited popular imagination worldwide and inspired the global dinosaur craze that still thrives today.
You are invited to enjoy birthday treats, face painting, and other family-friendly activities in honor of a Pittsburgh icon with an international impact. Dinosaur-themed clothing and costumes are encouraged for members of all ages!

Dippy’s Birthday Party for Members
Friday, July 12, 2024, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Super Science Saturday: Dippy's Jurassic World
2024-07-13 12:00 - 16:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Free with admission! Join us for chats with dinosaur experts, crafts, tours, and Dippy-themed fun.
Join us for a Jurassic celebration as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of the discovery of Dippy, Pittsburgh’s oldest icon! Try your hand at excavation in Bone Hunters’ Quarry and learn how scientists safely bring specimens back from the field. Hear about the most recent dino discoveries and ask museum staff your most pressing questions about the flora and fauna that inhabited one of the most fascinating—and popular—geological periods in our Earth’s history.

Sponsors
Super Science Saturdays are sponsored by PA Cyber, Tender Care Learning Centers, a proud partner of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and Discover Westmoreland.

Teen Night: Dippy 125
2024-07-18 17:00 - 20:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Teens ages 13-18 are invited to a free evening of Jurassic-themed activities, snacks, and more.
Celebrate Dippy with us! Teens (ages 13-18) are invited to Carnegie Museum of Natural History for a fun night in honor of the 125th anniversary of the discovery of our most famous dinosaur, Diplodocus carnegii! Join us for Jurassic-themed activities, learn what made the discovery of Dippy such an important event, and enjoy a snack in the teens-only lounge.
Whether you’ve already signed up for a free Teen Membership from Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, or just want to see what it’s all about – we hope you’ll stop by! Please register early to secure your free ticket; capacity is limited. Open to everyone ages 13-18.
Make your reservation today before this exciting event fills up. Free to everyone ages 13-18.

Teen Night: Dippy 125
Thursday, July 18, 2024, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Teen Membership is generously supported by
The Grable Foundation and the Robert and Mary Weisbrod Foundation
Community Access Membership is presented by

Registration is open now!

Dippy & Friends: A Virtual Event
2024-07-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Join Curator Matt Lamanna online to learn about the dinos and animals that shared Dippy’s world.
It’s the 125th anniversary of the discovery of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s beloved Dippy, the giant sauropod dinosaur Diplodocus carnegii, and we’re throwing a ‘gotcha day’ party! What other dinosaurs would Dippy invite? Which would be left off the guest list? Join CMNH dinosaur curator Matt Lamanna to learn about Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, and other amazing animals that shared Dippy’s world some 150 million years ago in what’s now the Rocky Mountain region of North America.
Tuesday, July 23, 7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT

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Speaker:
Matt Lamanna, Mary R. Dawson Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

After Dark: Dippy's Rockstar Bash
2024-07-26 18:00 - 22:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
This 21+ night of science, music, and fun is going to rock the “house that Dippy built”!
From our beloved Dippy to dazzling gems and magnificent architecture – Carnegie Museum of Natural History is full of rockstars! Celebrate the 125th anniversary of Dippy’s discovery at a 21+ bash in the “house that Dippy built.”
Get ready to rock out to ilyAIMY, f*** yeah, dinosaurs!, and Howling Mob at Dippy’s Rockstar Bash After Dark (21+)! Plus, see Diplodocus fossils in PaleoLab that aren’t normally on display, go on a scavenger hunt to find some of the museum’s rockstar specimens, and make your own carrier snail pin with Curator of Mollusks Tim Pearce. Don’t miss senior dinosaur Curator Matt Lamanna’s talk “Discovering Dippy: The Dinosaur That Changed the World.”

Dippy’s Rockstar Bash After Dark
Friday, July 26, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
21+ (current ID will be required at the door)

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Frog Walk at Powdermill
2024-07-31 20:15 - 22:15 | Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, 15677, United States
Join us at sunset for a walk around the Powdermill Nature Reserve property to see/hear the various frogs in our area. This event will be hosted by AAron Capouellez, president of the nonprofit Woods and Forest Inc. This nonprofit, and Capouellez by extension, advocates for the wellbeing of amphibian and pollinator insects. As an attendee, you will be able to learn the various sounds made by frogs, their importance to our ecosystem, and what can be done to ensure the health of these delicate animals. This walk will take you to areas of the nature reserve that are typically closed to the public. Pants and boots are a must! All ages are welcome!

Frog Walk
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 8:15-10:15 p.m.

Sold out? Sign up for our waitlist!

Free Public Tours
2024-08-03 12:30 - 13:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
Take a Free Tour on the Weekends
Join our expert Natural History Interpreters for public tours, free with admission. See highlights of favorite exhibitions, learn fun facts, and have your burning questions answered. Tours meet on Saturdays and Sundays at 12:30 p.m. at the entrance to Dinosaurs in Their Time.
Meet at the entrance to Dinosaurs in Their Time.
Tours will run on Saturdays and Sundays through the month of August.

Family Nature Walk at Powdermill
2024-08-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, 15677, United States
Join us as we hit the trails for a guided nature walk! We’ll meet in the atrium of the Powdermill Nature Center at 2 pm before heading outside to explore. This family-friendly experience is open to participants of all ages.
Events fill up fast! Registration is recommended to guarantee your spot and help us plan timing, seating, and/or trail routes. If there are spots available at the time of the program, non-registered individuals can join on a first-come, first-served basis.

Family Nature Walk
Saturday, August 3, 2024 2 p.m.

Sold out? Sign up for our waitlist!

Hummingbird Day
2024-08-17 09:00 - 13:00 | Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, 15677, United States
Celebrate the world’s smallest birds! Spend the morning at Powdermill Nature Center learning about colorful, tiny, fast-flying hummingbirds and their important place as pollinators in their ecosystems. Go on a guided hike, learn how to take care of bird feeders, and find out which plants in our area are perfect for pollinators. If we’re lucky, we’ll get to see some hummingbirds up close. This is a family-friendly event open to all ages.
Events fill up fast! Registration is recommended to guarantee your spot and help us plan timing, seating, and/or trail routes. If there are spots available at the time of the program, non-registered individuals can join on a first-come, first-served basis.
Hummingbird Day
Saturday, August 17, 2024 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Super Science Saturday: Edge of Extinction
2024-08-17 12:00 - 16:00 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
What triggers an extinction event, and how do scientists use evidence of mass extinctions to prepare for the future? Explore the causes of extinction throughout geologic time and learn how humans are having an impact today. Meet scientists who use their discoveries to understand our changing climate and explore conservation success stories of local species brought back from the edge of extinction.

Sponsors
Super Science Saturdays are sponsored by PA Cyber, Tender Care Learning Centers, a proud partner of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and Discover Westmoreland.

Powdermill Avian Research Center Free Guided Tour
2024-09-06 08:00 - 09:30 | Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, 15677, United States
Enjoy a free guided tour of the bird banding lab and research facility including the flight tunnel. Visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds, and learn about the data they gather. Hear about how we’re studying avian perception of glass to provide glass manufacturers and building designers with important information that will help reduce bird-window collisions. This event takes place in an area typically closed to the public, so make sure you don’t miss it!
Guests must pre-register for the tour and arrive at PARC by 8:00 a.m. The tour is 1.5 hours long.

PARC Free Guided Tour
September 6, 2024
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Storytime at the Museum
2024-09-07 10:00 - 10:45 | At the Museum, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-4007, United States
When: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
Where: Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Tickets: Free with Museum Admission
Join us for Storytime at the Museum! Hear nature and science stories read by our Natural History Interpreters and get a chance to touch museum specimens. Stop by for one page, one book, or stay for the whole 45 minutes. Meets at the bench in the entrance of the Kamin Hall of Dinosaurs. Registration is not required.
Buy your tickets in advance!
