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Sensory Friendly Egg-stravaganza!
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesSensory Friendly Egg-stravaganza! Celebrate springtime at this sensory supportive experience at Carnegie Museum of Natural history! From tiny insects to giant dinosaurs, the museum has eggs and nests of all shapes and sizes to discover. Which one is YOUR favorite? Museum galleries will open to this event before regular museum hours, will have reduced audio/visual […]
Super Science Saturday: Egg-stravagana!
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesLooking for family-friendly spring-themed activities? Join us for Egg-stravaganza! The egg-citement returns with our annual springtime scavenger hunt and an egg-cellent line-up of things to do with kids! From tiny insects to giant dinosaurs, the museum has eggs and nests of all shapes and sizes to discover. Can you find them all? Follow egg-themed clues […]
Carnegie Discoverers: An Island in a Sea of Sand: Describing New Amphibians and Reptiles from Angola’s Most Mysterious Mountain
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesMariana P. Marques,MS, Collection Manager, Section of Amphibians and Reptiles, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Rising to 8,166 feet above sea level, Serra da Neve is an isolated mountain surrounded by miles and miles of arid habitats in southwestern Angola. This extinct volcano harbors a well-preserved forest and rich but unexplored biodiversity. In the last […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Nittany Lions, Peruvian Chinchillas, and Mammalian Cognition: 25+ Years of Collaboration Between Penn State and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Nittany Lions, Peruvian Chinchillas, and Mammalian Cognition: 25+ Years of Collaboration Between Penn State and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History" Speaker: Carolyn Mahan, Penn State. This event will take place Monday, April 15, 2024 at Noon in person at Earth Theater. Seminar 168 .
Teen Night: The Stories We Keep
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesTeens (ages 13-18) are invited to Carnegie Museum of Natural History for a fun event celebrating the new exhibition, The Stories We Keep. Take the exhibit design challenge and learn what it takes to build engaging, exciting exhibitions. Check out the tools museum conservators use to preserve ancient objects, like a 4,000 year old wooden […]
Special Presentation: The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States"The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs" Speaker: Julia A. Clarke, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin How do we go beyond the bones to bring dinosaurs to life? Dr. Clarke explains the new toolkits she uses to study what dinosaurs might have sounded or looked like when they roamed the Earth. Image: On what is now […]
Super Science Saturday: The Stories We Keep
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesCaring for the museum’s millions of specimens is a BIG job! Investigate the science of conservation and restoration that keeps the cherished objects in our care safe. Meet museum conservators and watch them demonstrate conservation techniques in real time in Dinosaurs in Their Time, the Hall of North American Wildlife, and the conservation lab in […]
Book Launch: This Is NOT an Artifact: Selections from the Center for PostNatural History by Rich Pell
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJoin Rich Pell, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for PostNatural History, whose mission is to increase understanding of human entanglement with the natural world. While humans were once mere participants in the evolutionary process, we are now a primary force shaping it. This Is NOT An Artifact catalogs 15 years of investigation by the Center […]
Carnegie Discoverers: Looking Closely: Lessons from the Carnegie’s “Natural History Art” Collection
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesDeirdre M. Smith, Teaching Assistant Professor of Museum Studies, University of Pittsburgh; Assistant Curator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History In 1973, the "M. Graham Netting Animal Portraiture Collection" was established through a grant by the Scaife Family Charitable Trusts. In the years that followed, Graham Netting—former Director and Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles at CMNH […]
Moriarty Science Seminar: Leveraging the Digital Extended Specimen Model of Extensible Biodiversity Data for Advancing Collections-Based Research and Education
At the Museum 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesR.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: "Leveraging the Digital Extended Specimen Model of Extensible Biodiversity Data for Advancing Collections-Based Research and Education" Speaker: Libby Ellwood, iDigBio. This event will take place Monday, May 20, 2024 at Noon in person at Earth Theater. Seminar 169 .