To the time machine! Explore the science of paleontology as we use science to enter the world of the dinosaurs. Registration includes exclusive invitation to live Zoom sessions with the museum team, and depending on your registration choice, a guided activity using materials at home or an activity kit compiled for you for contactless pick […]

We heart dinosaurs 24/7, and especially during Jurassic Days! Enjoy dinosaur-themed activities from home, including an online dinosaur specimen table that you can turn into a scavenger hunt on your next museum visit. Learn how fossil impressions form, hear dinosaur facts from our principal dinosaur researcher Matt Lamanna, and get a guide to visiting dinosaur […]

Find out who goes for the gold across the animal kingdom, and discover how our human skills stack up against some of nature’s finest animal athletes. Registration includes exclusive invitation to live Zoom sessions with the museum team, and depending on your registration choice, a guided activity using materials at home or an activity kit […]

Visit and interact with your favorite animals from our living collection through an exclusive zoom! Registration is per household, and your link will be emailed to you on Friday afternoon.  

See what you can see right in your neighborhood as we investigate the amazing diversity of the avian world. Registration includes exclusive invitation to live Zoom sessions with the museum team, and depending on your registration choice, a guided activity using materials at home or an activity kit compiled for you for contactless pick up. […]

Join us as we navigate life in ancient Egypt and learn about the importance of rivers like the Nile. Registration includes exclusive invitation to live Zoom sessions with the museum team, and depending on your registration choice, a guided activity using materials at home or an activity kit compiled for you for contactless pick up. […]

Dig into the secret lives of the insects that call our neighborhoods home and learn how to protect insect habitats. Registration includes exclusive invitation to live Zoom sessions with the museum team, and depending on your registration choice, a guided activity using materials at home or an activity kit compiled for you for contactless pick […]

Guest Starring: Jenise Brown Join us for this special opportunity to drop in to this week’s Online Museum Class, Secret Life of Bugs, to learn about metamorphosis. Plus hear from certified ecologist, Jenise Brown, about some of the specimens in our collection that tell the story of metamorphosis! Outside of the museum, Jenise teaches others […]

Life Finds a Way … and so do we. Watch this classic dinosaur movie at home and join our expert researchers on Zoom for commentary that separates dinosaur fact from fiction. We’ll all press play at the same time, and open the gates to Jurassic Park. We’ll bring the science, you bring the movie and […]

To the time machine! Explore the science of paleontology as we use science to enter the world of the dinosaurs. Registration includes exclusive invitation to live Zoom sessions with the museum team, and depending on your registration choice, a guided activity using materials at home or an activity kit compiled for you for contactless pick […]

Guest Starring: Matt Lamanna Join us for this special opportunity to drop in to this week’s Online Museum Class, Land of the Giants, to learn about how paleontologists actually build dinosaurs from the fossils they study. Plus hear from museum paleontologist Matt Lamanna about dinosaurs in our museum AND our new world premiere exhibition, Dinosaur […]

Find out who goes for the gold across the animal kingdom, and discover how our human skills stack up against some of nature’s finest animal athletes. Registration includes exclusive invitation to live Zoom sessions with the museum team, and depending on your registration choice, a guided activity using materials at home or an activity kit […]

Join museum staff for a night of Virtual Trivia: Jurassic Park style! Test your knowledge and compete for the top spot in this virtual trivia competition. Participants will need two devices; one to join a Zoom call and one to submit answers on the Kahoot app. The winner will receive Carnegie Museum of Natural History […]

See what you can see right in your neighborhood as we investigate the amazing diversity of the avian world. Registration includes exclusive invitation to live Zoom sessions with the museum team, and depending on your registration choice, a guided activity using materials at home or an activity kit compiled for you for contactless pick up. […]

Our researchers are critical to everything we do at the museum, so let's explore what they do!

R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Ecology and Empire on the Yellow River” Speaker: Ruth Mostern Introducing Ruth Mostern’s forthcoming book Yu’s Traces: The Imperial and Ecological History of the Yellow River, a book telling a five-thousand-year history of the relationship between people, water, and sediment in the Yellow River basin of North China. This is […]

Join us at the museum to meet our scientists and researchers to learn about what they do, how they do it, and how you can do it too! 11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Meet Geologist Albert Kollar at the Grand Staircase! He'll be giving an in-depth talk about the architecture and (natural) history behind the […]

C'mon and Zoom with everyone's favorite Malacologist and comedian, Tim Pearce. Ask Tim your burning questions and find out more about the wonderful world of snails. After registering, we'll send you the video link a few minutes before the start time!