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Museum To Go

Enjoy all of the museum’s digital resources, online programming, and traveling programs when you can’t or aren’t able to visit our location!

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Bring the Museum to You

Bring our educators to your classroom, library or group with live animals, natural history specimens, and fun activities in a safe environment.

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Virtual Museum Birthday Parties!

Get your hands dirty as we lead you and your family and friends through just some of what it takes to be a paleontologist or egyptologist at our museum! Enjoy a virtual birthday party experience from the comfort of home.

A species of eurypterid, or giant sea scorpion (life model by Dennis Wilson)

Virtual Field Trips

Explore the exhibits of the museum with your students online. Scholarships are available.

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Online Events

Check out all of the events the museum has to offer online!

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Loan Kits

Rent an activity kit with museum specimens and lesson plan/activity info from the museum. Check out the loan kit catalogue to get started.

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TikTok

Catch up with Museum Educators and Scientists on the Museum’s TikTok!

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Super Science Saturday

Explore our online Super Science Saturday activities!

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Online Museum Classes

Take classes (designed for kids ages 5-13) on your favorite museum subjects currently featuring topics on Ancient Egypt! Whether you were already doing homeschooling classes with us or suddenly need some supplemental fun, we have exactly what you need.

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Science Videos

Check out our award-winning series, Ask a Scientist where scientists in the museum answer some of your burning questions!

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Blogs

An assortment of blogs our scientists and educators have written to keep you entertained and engaged

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Coloring Pages

Color your favorite natural history images. Drag or drop our media into a simple computer program to paint it, or print it out!

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Animal Videos

Find out what’s new in the living collection! Hear from our museum educators about each of our animal ambassador’s stories and what it takes to care for them.

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