Fall 2025 Digging Information We appreciate your interest in volunteering with us! The Fall 2025 digging schedule will likely run from October through mid-December. We receive so much interest in volunteering from the community that we are not always able to accommodate everyone who submits
process and store the collected fossils, you can use this secure link to donate online
Ornithology is one of the Florida Museum’s earliest formally recognized scientifically themed collections. It was the first to have a dedicated curator when Charles Doe donated his life’s work–the Doe Egg Collection–and joined the Museum under Thompson van Hyning in the early 1930s. The Ornithology
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Online Exhibit
Come to the Museum’s Science Cafés for engaging conversation about a variety of science topics. A comfortable atmosphere provides the setting for lively discussions. This event was moved from Sept. 11 to Sept. 18 due to severe weather. Topic To Bee or not to Bee: Pollinator Conservation in a Chan
Register Online Organizer Name: Chelsea Collison, Florida Museum Phone: 352
Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
Education Aucilla River Prehistory Project Pony Express Archive Fossil Horses Online
Florida Museum
asked its members to share their most beloved natural history treasures for an online
Miocene Epoch 23 to 5 million years ago During the Miocene, Florida was home to an amazing variety of plants and animals. Many of the fossil sites our paleontologists have excavated were once a pond or lake that formed within a sinkhole, like the Moss Acres Site in nearby Marion County. By exami
Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit Florida Vertebrate Fossils online
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Go on an arachnid adventure at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s new “Spiders Alive!” exhibit, opening Jan. 28. With more than a dozen live species from around the world, this exciting exhibition dives into the world of spiders, scorpions and their relatives and inform
Complete admission pricing is available online at www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/visit
Established in 2006, the Florida Museum’s Genetic Resources Repository (GRR) archives more than 60,000 tissue samples and DNA and RNA preparations from physical specimens in the Museum. Through its ongoing research and conservation projects, the Museum estimates it will add more than 100,000 specim
sources and other data relevant to their molecular value is managed in a searchable online
Come to the Museum’s Science Cafés for engaging conversation about a variety of science topics. A comfortable atmosphere provides the setting for lively discussions. Topic Larger Foraminifera: The Forgotten Fossils Beneath Your Feet, with Laura Cotton, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Florid
Register Online Organizer Name: Chelsea Collison, Florida Museum Phone: 352
Join us for our second annual Florida Museum 5K on Saturday, February 10. The race begins at 8:30 a.m. at the commuter lot in the UF Cultural Plaza on Hull Road and will be a combination of trails in the UF Natural Area Teaching Laboratory and campus roads. All participants will receive a finisher’
Late or race day registration $30 adult $25 UF students* and youth Register Online
