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Scientists Live

June 27, 2017 by wpengine

Scientists Live: Botanist Bonnie Isaac

Carnegie Museum of Natural History botanist Bonnie Isaac showed off pieces of the museum’s hidden collection and answered questions on Facebook Live on February 15.

Watch the video above, and follow the museum on Facebook for more information on the next live scientist video!

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Bonnie Isaac, Botany, Scientists Live

May 9, 2017 by wpengine

Scientists Live – Egypt

Carnegie Museum of Natural History has amazing artifacts from ancient Egypt on display, but did you know there are even more objects in our hidden collection? Get a peek behind the scenes, and learn all about Egypt from assistant curator Erin Peters.

Erin showed off the collection and answered questions from commenters on Facebook Live as part of the new web series, Scientists Live. This new series is designed to give our followers a glimpse at hidden collections and the great science happening at the museum every day.

Want to bring more museum science to your classroom? Check out Carnegie Museum of Natural History field trips, Act 48 workshops, and more!

Tune in at facebook.com/carnegiemnh for new broadcasts.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: egypt, Erin Peters, Scientists Live

April 25, 2017 by wpengine

Did you know?

Did you know that Carnegie Museum of Natural History has about 13 million specimens in the Section of Invertebrate Zoology? Get a peek at the hidden collection, and learn all about insects from curator John Rawlins with our new series Scientists Live.

Tune into our Facebook on May 3 for the next episode, featuring Erin Peters, an assistant curator recently back from an expedition to Egypt.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: butterflies, Invertebrate Zoology, John Rawlins, Scientists Live

April 12, 2017 by wpengine

Scientists Live: Conservator Gretchen Anderson

Did you ever wonder who takes care of all the amazing specimens and objects at Carnegie Museum of Natural History?

Learn about museum conservation with conservator Gretchen Anderson on Scientists Live.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Collection Care and Conservation, Gretchen Anderson, Scientists Live

April 4, 2017 by wpengine

Learn all about mammals!

Learn all about mammals with a museum scientist!

John Wible, curator of the Section of Mammals, did a 20-minute broadcast on March 22 on Facebook Live. John showed off pieces of the hidden collection and answered questions from commenters as part of the new web series, Scientists Live. This new pubic relations initiative features a different scientist from the museum discussing specimens from the hidden collections.

Our next Scientists Live is at 10:30 a.m. on April 5 with conservator Gretchen Anderson!

Tune in at facebook.com/carnegiemnh.

a taxidermy pangolin and some example skulls from mammals
Two species of pangolin

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Scientists Live

March 20, 2017 by wpengine

Discover the science of snails!

Discover the science of snails with Scientists Live!

Tim Pearce, assistant curator of the Section of Mollusks, showed off pieces of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s hidden collection and answered questions in a live broadcast this month on Facebook!

This broadcast is part of the new web series Scientists Live. Check the museum’s Facebook page for more broadcasts featuring different scientists and topics.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: mollusks, Scientists Live, Tim Pearce

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