Carnegie Discoverers: Microfauna of Yellowstone: The Park’s Most Fascinating Species are the Ones You Can’t See from the Tour Bus
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesSpeaker: 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 […]
Super Science Saturday: Nature’s Palette
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesInvestigate 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 […]
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 […]
Teen Night: Artistry in Science
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesTeen 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 […]
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. […]
Educator Workshop: City Nature Challenge
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesHelp 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 […]
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 […]
Morning Musings: Senior Social
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesLooking 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 […]
Super Science Saturday:
Egg-stravaganza
At the Museum
4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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 […]
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 […]
Carnegie Discoverers: Plant and Climate Change: Predicting the Future by Looking to the Past
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesSpeaker: 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 […]
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 […]
Teen Night: Earth Night
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesCome 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 […]
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, […]
Carnegie Discoverers: The Panoply of Powdermill Activity: Research, Education, Exploration
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesRose-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 […]
Super Science Saturday: Backyard Biology
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesDid 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 […]
Carnegie Discoverers: Understanding Diversity at Multiple Trophic Levels by Integrating DNA Metabarcoding and Photo Captures; from the Himalayas to the Laurel Highlands
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJan Janecke, PhD, Research Associate, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Duquesne University Many mammals are cryptic and difficult to study, particularly felids and canids. Genetics and […]
Wild Ecoadventure Family Night for Members
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJoin us for a wild time at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History! Members are invited to a family-friendly night at the museum, with engaging activities spread throughout beloved exhibits. […]
Super Science Saturday: All Things Tiny
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJoin museum staff to explore everything microscopic and unseen! Have you ever wondered how scientists study things too small to see? Meet Madagascar hissing cockroaches Woodrow and Franklin and look […]
Teen Night: Field Science
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesAre you interested in learning about Archaeology and Paleontology? Join us for a Teen Night all about field science! Learn the difference between these two scientific fields and see the […]
