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 […]
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evenings Bring the whole family! Admission to Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History is free after 3 p.m. every Thursday in September. Explore the real world of […]
Changing Roles of Herbaria in the Anthropocene
Speaker: Bonnie Isaac, Collection Manager of Botany, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Many things have changed due to the effects of humans on the natural history world. Learn what a […]
Science and Nature Program and Nature Explorers
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesA Tale of Two Stations: What We've Learned from Nearly 60 Years of Bird Banding Annie Lindsay, Banding Program Manager at Powdermill Avian Research Center, studies how songbird populations are […]
Rethinking the museum specimen in the digital age
Speaker: Mason Heberling, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Natural history collections are receiving unprecedented attention due to recently developed tools, new perspectives, and perhaps most notably, their increased accessibility through […]
Nature Lab
Take flight with us this fall. Drop in to the Nature Lab and learn what to watch for as birds begin their seasonal migrations. Design a wing to test against […]
Nature at Night
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesThe MESSENGER THE MESSENGER is an artful investigation into the causes of songbird mass depletion and the compassionate people who are working to turn the tide. The film takes viewers […]
Super Science Saturday: Fallfest! 2019
Spend your Saturday at the museum celebrating one of our favorite seasons! Learn more about the critters that live in crunchy leaf piles, make a bird feeder for some winged […]
Nature Lab
Take flight with us this fall. Drop in to the Nature Lab and learn what to watch for as birds begin their seasonal migrations. Design a wing to test against […]
3.5 Billion Years of Microbial Community Interactions
Speaker: John Stoltz, Center for Environmental Research and Education at Duquesne University Life has existed on Earth for over 3.5 billion years. We know this through the preserved remains of microorganisms, […]
Stream Ecology in a Changing World: a Multi-Scale Approach to Evaluating Threats to Water Quality
Speaker: Andy Turner, Professor of Biology and Geoscience, Clarion University Pennsylvania holds more than 80,000 miles of flowing water, ranging from small streams to large rivers. These systems are buffeted […]
Pittsburgh in the Global Watershed: A Panel Discussion
CMOA Theater Please RSVP to this event as space is limited. Nicole Heller Museum Fellow and Associate Curator of the Anthropocene, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Jason Scorse Director, Center […]
Sensory Friendly Saturday: Booseum Trick-or-Treat
Join us in investigating the creepy and awesome creatures that call the museum home! Meet live animals, learn spooky facts about our tarantula, and enjoy a Halloween movie on the […]
Storytime and More
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesLittle Owl’s Night Little Owl loves the night, and so do many of his friends. Follow Little Owl as he flies through the night, observing other nocturnal creatures. As morning […]
21st Century Naturalist
Speaker: Laurie Giarratani, Director of Education, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Anthropocene problem-solving presents an urgent need for creative, community-minded, multidisciplinary thinkers and doers. Addressing concerns like climate change, habitat […]
Free Admission – RADical Day
Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History will have free admission on Sunday, October 13, 2019 as part of RADical Days. As a thank you each year to the taxpayers […]
Science and Nature Program and Nature Explorers
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesA Living Museum: A History of the Land at Powdermill Nature Reserve The land at Powdermill has a long history even before the establishment of the nature reserve in 1956. […]
Mini Bioblitz Challenge! Pittsburgh vs Sabah, Malaysia
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesFrom Wednesday, October 16, to Sunday, October 20, iNaturalist users around Carnegie Museums and Powdermill Nature Reserve can compete with students working with museum herpetologist Jen Sheridan on the other […]
The Chronicles of Junonia: Adventures in Butterfly Biology
Speaker: Jeffrey M. Marcus University of Manitoba The Marcus laboratory studies the genomic origins, development, evolution, and diversification of butterfly and color patterns, with a particular focus on the buckeye […]
Nature at Night
Powdermill Nature Reserve 1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, United StatesTales and Trails: Halloween at Powdermill Explore the spooky side of Powdermill in the evening at this family-friendly Halloween event! Drop in anytime between 5 and 8 pm to see […]
