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2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Family Nature Walk at Powdermill

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September 2, 2023, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Family Nature Walk at Powdermill

Join us as we hit the trails for a guided nature walk! We’ll meet in the atrium of the Powdermill Nature Center at 2 pm before heading outside to explore. This family-friendly experience is open to participants of all ages. Events fill up fast! Registration is recommended to guarantee your spot and help us plan […]

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8:00 am - 9:30 am

Powdermill Avian Research Center Free Guided Tour

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September 5, 2023, 8:00 am - 9:30 am

Powdermill Avian Research Center Free Guided Tour

Powdermill Avian Research Center (PARC) offers FREE guided tours of the bird banding lab and research facility. Attendees must arrive by 8:00 a.m. in order to join the tour. These behind-the-scenes experiences allow people to visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds, and learn about the data […]

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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Carnegie Discoverers: The Past, Present and Future of Our Anthropology Collection: A Discussion with the New Collection Manager

September 14, 2023, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Carnegie Discoverers: The Past, Present and Future of Our Anthropology Collection: A Discussion with the New Collection Manager

Kristina Gaugler, MA, Collection Manager, Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History With over 100,000 objects from around the world, CMNH’s ethnographic collections are a source of knowledge and inspiration. Becoming fully acquainted with the breadth of this collection can take a lifetime, a journey that its new Collection Manager is excited to begin. Learn more […]

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Midday Musings: Senior Social

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September 14, 2023, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Midday Musings: Senior Social

Looking 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 activities for seniors. Dinosaurs! Mammals! Gems! Minerals! Botany! Birds! World Cultures! Meet with one of the museum's Natural History Interpreters and journey through some of Carnegie […]

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2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Science and Nature Lecture: Fungi

orange fungus on the forest floor
September 17, 2023, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Science and Nature Lecture: Fungi

Explore fungi found in our region with Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club Identifier and Allegheny Land Trust Environmental Education Associate Sara Klingensmith! Learn mushroom identification tips and discover the ecological roles of various mushrooms. After the lecture, hit the trail to look for common fall mushrooms. This program does not contain any information on the edibility […]

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5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Bananapocalypse: Externalities in the Un/Making of Plantation Capitalism

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September 21, 2023, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Bananapocalypse: Externalities in the Un/Making of Plantation Capitalism

Plantation regimes confront a serious challenge in the 21st century. For every commodity, there are multiple externalities that are hidden and unaccounted for. Drawing on fieldwork between the Philippines and Japan, this lecture will argue that industry members depend not only on the externalities themselves, but also on the conceit that externalities remain external. Focusing […]

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8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Powdermill Avian Research Center Open House

September 23, 2023, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Powdermill Avian Research Center Open House

Our Open House days are FREE behind-the-scenes experiences for people to visit the bird banding lab and see up-close how researchers safely capture and band birds, and learn about the data they gather. Visitors are also able to visit PARC's flight tunnel and hear about how we're studying avian perception of glass to provide glass […]

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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Moriarty Science Seminar: Our Changing Ohio River: Climate, Water Quality, and Harmful Algal Blooms

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September 25, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Moriarty Science Seminar: Our Changing Ohio River: Climate, Water Quality, and Harmful Algal Blooms

R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Our Changing Ohio River: Climate, Water Quality, and Harmful Algal Blooms" Speaker: Emily Elliott, University of Pittsburgh. The Ohio River basin is not only vast, but its waterways are a vital economic, ecological, and recreational resource for the 15 states within basin boundaries. Yet, a half-century after the Clean Water […]

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RADical Day: Free Day

RADical Days is an annual ‘thank you’ to taxpayers, offering a chance to see the best of Allegheny County's top cultural destinations free of charge! This year, RADical Day at Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History is Saturday, September 30, 2023. To get your free RADical Day admission, please select September 30 as your […]

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September 2, 2023, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Family Nature Walk at Powdermill

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September 5, 2023, 8:00 am - 9:30 am

Powdermill Avian Research Center Free Guided Tour

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September 14, 2023, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Carnegie Discoverers: The Past, Present and Future of Our Anthropology Collection: A Discussion with the New Collection Manager

September 14, 2023, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Midday Musings: Senior Social

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September 17, 2023, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Science and Nature Lecture: Fungi

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September 21
September 21, 2023, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Bananapocalypse: Externalities in the Un/Making of Plantation Capitalism

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September 23
September 23, 2023, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Powdermill Avian Research Center Open House

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September 25, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Moriarty Science Seminar: Our Changing Ohio River: Climate, Water Quality, and Harmful Algal Blooms

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