Carnegie Museum of Natural History
One of the Four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Inspire your kids to spend time outdoors with the family by building a campfire with them. Cook dinner in the fire, make s’mores, and put away technology more complex than this Campfire Bow Drill Kit. The kit includes kindling, a wooden bow, a fire board, a bearing block, a spindle rod, and full instructions on how to use these basic tools to start a fire.
$29, available in the Museum Store.
Grow a tiny cactus in the “world’s smallest terrarium.” Cacti thrive with just a little water and lots of sunlight. They live for years with minimal care, the ideal plant for someone with a “black thumb.”
The Tiny Terrarium is great for small spaces. While the Giant Saguaro Cactus can grow up to 40 feet tall, this one will only grow to this miniature terrarium.
$5.50 each, available in the Museum Store.
Planning to join us for this weekend’s Summer Adventure Series: Reptile Meet and Greet? After you get up close and personal with live reptiles, stop in the museum store to check out some souvenir reptiles.
Two of our plush reptiles will be discounted just for members on Saturday July 21, 2018 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Members will receive an extra 5% off (a total of 15% off) on our Large Anaconda Plush and our Large Sequin Snake Plush.
In 1941, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Director Andrey Avinoff began an ambitious project with friend and Curator of Botany Otto E. Jennings.
They wanted to describe and illustrate the flora of western Pennsylvania, based on Jennings’s lifelong study of the region. Jennings and his colleagues brought in the living plants, fresh and unwithered. Avinoff worked quickly to capture accurately the color and manner of growth. Many of these specimens were then dried, pressed, and placed as vouchers in the herbarium.
Selected Avinoff reprints are available in the Museum Store for purchase for $25.
Pennsylvania and Ohio were once covered by the sea and dunkleosteus terrelli was one of the fiercest predators swimming in it. Dunkleosteus terrelli was a massive armored fish that could grow up to 33 feet long with a five-foot tall skull. It was a carnivore that crushed its prey between its jaws with force similar to that of a T. rex.
But the dunkleosteus terrelli plush is much smaller and sweeter. It is a replica of the head and trunk of the fish, a soft toy ready for cuddling or playing make believe.
This plush retails for $21 in our museum store.
Is there anything cuter than animals wearing clothes? We think these wild animals wearing hoodies in our museum store are the cutest furry friends in town.
They are also just the right size for kids to hug and to keep them company at bedtime, all while encouraging their love of wild animals.
Pick out a sloth, elephant, giraffe, or red panda for a gift or just for you. Each one is $13.
