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Calendar

Sun
06
Oct
Visitors looking up, holding binoculars to their eyes

Nature Gardens Exploration
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 11 am

Enjoy NHM’s one-of-a-kind Nature Gardens while learning more about urban wildlife. A Museum Educator is available for one hour to guide you through a Nature Garden Exploration such as birding, bug netting, nature journaling and more!

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Tortoise walking on the floor with sitting children's legs and feet in the background

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm

Get up close and personal with the Museum's resident animals! Hear amazing stories about critters that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

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Mon
07
Oct
Tortoise walking on the floor with sitting children's legs and feet in the background

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm

Get up close and personal with the Museum's resident animals! Hear amazing stories about critters that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

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Tue
08
Oct
Close up of polled in green, yellow, and pink-orange shapes on a black background

Scanning Electron Microscope Demonstration
Talks AdultYouth
  • 11 am

Join an NHM scientist at the Scanning Electron Microscope Lab.

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Tortoise walking on the floor with sitting children's legs and feet in the background

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm

Get up close and personal with the Museum's resident animals! Hear amazing stories about critters that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

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Wed
09
Oct
Tortoise walking on the floor with sitting children's legs and feet in the background

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm

Get up close and personal with the Museum's resident animals! Hear amazing stories about critters that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

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Thu
10
Oct
Close up of polled in green, yellow, and pink-orange shapes on a black background

Scanning Electron Microscope Demonstration
Talks AdultYouth
  • 11 am

Join an NHM scientist at the Scanning Electron Microscope Lab.

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Tortoise walking on the floor with sitting children's legs and feet in the background

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm

Get up close and personal with the Museum's resident animals! Hear amazing stories about critters that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

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Fri
11
Oct
Tortoise walking on the floor with sitting children's legs and feet in the background

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm

Get up close and personal with the Museum's resident animals! Hear amazing stories about critters that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

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Sat
12
Oct
NHM Gardens

Educator Workshop
Educator Workshop Adult
  • 9 am

Take a deep dive into one area of museum content! Hear from an expert, explore Museum spaces, discuss practical strategies for introducing content in your classroom, and receive related resources.

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Visitors looking up, holding binoculars to their eyes

Nature Gardens Exploration
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 11 am

Enjoy NHM’s one-of-a-kind Nature Gardens while learning more about urban wildlife. A Museum Educator is available for one hour to guide you through a Nature Garden Exploration such as birding, bug netting, nature journaling and more!

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Puppeteer with long-neck dinosaur puppet and triceratops puppet in front of a diorama in the North American Mammal Hall

Dinosaur Encounters Sensory-Friendly Show
Live Theater Show Family
  • 11:30 am

Fun, educational, and interactive, Dinosaur Encounters features NHM's life-size dinosaur puppets.

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At Our Other Museums

At Our Other Museums

More Tar Pits events
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Tue

16

Jul

Photo of paleontologist excavating fossils
Tar Pits

Excavator Tour
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 10:30 am
  • 1 pm

The Excavator Tour explores the Fossil Lab where real paleontologists work, our historic excavation sites, and Project 23, where live excavations can be seen. Monday through Friday at 1 pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30 am and 1 pm, and an additional holiday tour March 25–29 at 10:30 am. Schedule subject to change.

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