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March 2019
Live Animal Encounters
Join museum educators in the Earth Theater every day to meet members of the museum’s living collection. Get up close with feathered, furry, and scaly friends while learning about animal habitats, interesting behaviors, and exciting scientific studies.
Each day is unique, so you never know what kind of animals will be featured thanks to a rotating cast of cool animals! Meet a 6-foot-long python, colorful sun conures, or even some friendly skunks!
Nature 360: March Nature Lab
Spring is coming—and with it, an insect extravaganza! Learn about biodiversity in the insect world and study unique specimens under the microscope. Explore life cycles of different insects and discover what they can tell us about the health of the environment. Delve into the incredible migration of monarch butterflies and learn how bug enthusiasts observe, collect, and study insects. We welcome all subscribed kids (ages 8-13), as long as one adult accompanies each group. Available Saturdays, March 2, 9, 16,…
Find out more »Dinosaurs Tour
Discover the fascinating stories behind the dinosaurs in our renowned hall Dinosaurs in Their Time! Meet the real Dippy (Diplodocus carnegiei) type specimen that sparked people’s interests in paleontology around the world as well as a beloved Apatasaurus Andrew Carnegie named after his own wife.
Some of the most unique fossils can be found at Carnegie Museum of Natural History—let us guide you to them!
This tour typically meets at Paleolab on the first floor by the T. rex skull.
Expedition: Antarctica
Travel to Antarctica with Paleontologist Dr. Matt Lamanna to search for fossils in a family-friendly, interactive documentary about finding dinosaurs in one of the most remote places on Earth.
Dinosaurs Tour
Discover the fascinating stories behind the dinosaurs in our renowned hall Dinosaurs in Their Time! Meet the real Dippy (Diplodocus carnegiei) type specimen that sparked people’s interests in paleontology around the world as well as a beloved Apatasaurus Andrew Carnegie named after his own wife.
Some of the most unique fossils can be found at Carnegie Museum of Natural History—let us guide you to them!
This tour typically meets at Paleolab on the first floor by the T. rex skull.
Live Animal Encounters
Join museum educators in the Earth Theater every day to meet members of the museum’s living collection. Get up close with feathered, furry, and scaly friends while learning about animal habitats, interesting behaviors, and exciting scientific studies.
Each day is unique, so you never know what kind of animals will be featured thanks to a rotating cast of cool animals! Meet a 6-foot-long python, colorful sun conures, or even some friendly skunks!
Dinosaurs Tour
Discover the fascinating stories behind the dinosaurs in our renowned hall Dinosaurs in Their Time! Meet the real Dippy (Diplodocus carnegiei) type specimen that sparked people’s interests in paleontology around the world as well as a beloved Apatasaurus Andrew Carnegie named after his own wife.
Some of the most unique fossils can be found at Carnegie Museum of Natural History—let us guide you to them!
This tour typically meets at Paleolab on the first floor by the T. rex skull.
Expedition: Antarctica
Travel to Antarctica with Paleontologist Dr. Matt Lamanna to search for fossils in a family-friendly, interactive documentary about finding dinosaurs in one of the most remote places on Earth.
Dinosaurs Tour
Discover the fascinating stories behind the dinosaurs in our renowned hall Dinosaurs in Their Time! Meet the real Dippy (Diplodocus carnegiei) type specimen that sparked people’s interests in paleontology around the world as well as a beloved Apatasaurus Andrew Carnegie named after his own wife.
Some of the most unique fossils can be found at Carnegie Museum of Natural History—let us guide you to them!
This tour typically meets at Paleolab on the first floor by the T. rex skull.
Live Animal Encounters
Join museum educators in the Earth Theater every day to meet members of the museum’s living collection. Get up close with feathered, furry, and scaly friends while learning about animal habitats, interesting behaviors, and exciting scientific studies.
Each day is unique, so you never know what kind of animals will be featured thanks to a rotating cast of cool animals! Meet a 6-foot-long python, colorful sun conures, or even some friendly skunks!
R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar
“Deciphering Dinosaur Lives: From Microscopes to Madagascar”
Kristi Curry-Rogers
Macalester College
Live Animal Encounters
Join museum educators in the Earth Theater every day to meet members of the museum’s living collection. Get up close with feathered, furry, and scaly friends while learning about animal habitats, interesting behaviors, and exciting scientific studies.
Each day is unique, so you never know what kind of animals will be featured thanks to a rotating cast of cool animals! Meet a 6-foot-long python, colorful sun conures, or even some friendly skunks!
Educator Workshop: Mammal Evolution
Want to help develop new learning tools that examine the evolution of mammals? Work with scientists and educators from Carnegie Museum of Natural History to test innovative resources that will help your students analyze patterns of evolution, adaptation, and extinction over geologic time. This workshop will introduce specimens that can be borrowed from the museum for classroom use, and will investigate exhibits throughout the museum that illustrate principals of mammal evolution. Meet paleontologists who conduct research in this area, and…
Find out more »Live Animal Encounters
Join museum educators in the Earth Theater every day to meet members of the museum’s living collection. Get up close with feathered, furry, and scaly friends while learning about animal habitats, interesting behaviors, and exciting scientific studies.
Each day is unique, so you never know what kind of animals will be featured thanks to a rotating cast of cool animals! Meet a 6-foot-long python, colorful sun conures, or even some friendly skunks!
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