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Sensory Friendly Saturday: Booseum Trick-or-Treat
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 big screen! Trick-or-treat around dinosaurs and mummies at stations throughout the museum and wear a costume* to receive a small prize! *Please, no masks, weapons, […]
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Storytime and More
Storytime and More
Little 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 approaches, he heads back home to Mama, and she shares with him how night ends as he falls fast asleep. After the story, we will […]
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21st Century Naturalist
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 alteration, and biodiversity loss requires understanding of nature, science and technology, and the ability to examine how these systems are interconnected. With funding from the […]
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Free Admission – RADical Day
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 of Allegheny county, Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD), in conjunction with organizations throughout Allegheny county, present RADical Days - a celebration featuring free events, performances, […]
Science and Nature Program and Nature Explorers
Science and Nature Program and Nature Explorers
A 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. Pamela Curtin, Education Coordinator at the Westmoreland Historical Society, will share an historical overview of Powdermill and how people have used the landscape over time. […]
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Mini Bioblitz Challenge! Pittsburgh vs Sabah, Malaysia
Mini Bioblitz Challenge! Pittsburgh vs Sabah, Malaysia
From 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 side of the world in Sabah, Malaysia! Any observations made in Allegheny or Westmoreland County October 16 through 20 will count towards Pittsburgh’s totals. Let’s […]
The Chronicles of Junonia: Adventures in Butterfly Biology
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 butterflies (genus Junonia). This system is a wonderful model for understanding butterfly biology because it permits the integrated study of phenotypic traits at many levels […]
Nature at Night
Nature at Night
Tales 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 how apple cider is made, listen to a fireside ghost story, decorate a pumpkin, and even meet animals from the museum’s living collection! Please note […]
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Scouts BSA Archaeology Merit Badge
Scouts BSA Archaeology Merit Badge
Learn about the field of archaeology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History! Participate in a mock dig and help prepare an archaeological exhibit for display. Learn about the traditional dwellings, clothing, and crafts of the Iroquois in the Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians. Merit Badge pre-requisites: Archaeology 4 and 5 Merit Badge requirements met […]
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Power Beyond Extraction: A Buried History
Power Beyond Extraction: A Buried History
6–6:30 p.m. Live performance of old miners' movement songs from Appalachia by Joe Uehlein. 6:30–8:30 p.m. Panel discussion The history of Appalachia is tightly bound to the history of coal, and the material and sentimental attachments to this history presents a predicament for the environmental movement. On one hand, the history of coal is a […]
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Super Science Saturday: Booseum Trick-or-Treat
Super Science 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 big screen! Trick-or-treat around dinosaurs and mummies at stations throughout the museum and wear a costume* to receive a small prize! *Please, no masks, weapons, […]
Fire Underground: Animated Screening and Discussion
Fire Underground: Animated Screening and Discussion
2–3 p.m. Screening of animated film Fire Underground 3–4 p.m. Panel discussion with artist/filmmaker SCREENING Fire Underground is an animated film by artist Nick Crockett, built in a game engine, which presents an alternative version of the 300 million year history of coal. Hovering between homage and parody, fantasy and documentary, cinema and simulation, it […]
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Using iNaturalist at Powdermill Nature Reserve
Using iNaturalist at Powdermill Nature Reserve
Help your students contribute to science! Join us at Powdermill Nature Reserve, the Environmental Research Station of Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Rector, PA as we explore different tools to observe and sample biodiversity in natural landscapes. Learn techniques for recording and analyzing nature observations in the woodlands surrounding Powdermill, and sketch with pencil […]
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Nature Lab: Animal Evidence
Nature Lab: Animal Evidence
Scat on the ground, animal tracks in your neighborhood, holes and rubbings left on trees… there are many signs that wildlife is all around us in Southwestern Pennsylvania! Using sight, sound and touch, learn to read the evidence that animals leave behind. Arrive any time within the four hour window. Stay until you've satisfied your […]
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21st Century Naturalist
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Haunted Museum After Dark
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