Calling all art enthusiasts! Do you enjoy painting, drawing, sculpting or are you just art-curious? Visit the Florida Museum for after-hours SciArt Meetups and create art inspired by Florida nature and culture! Offered in partnership with Santa Fe College Art Gallery and Wayfaring Painter, each mee
Speaker: Samm Wehman Epstein, Artist and Illustrator Price: $7 per person Register Online
Calling tweens and teens ages 14-17! Junior volunteer registration is due TODAY for our summer season! Junior Volunteer Program and application download information
Applications are available online or at the Museum front desk beginning Friday, Jan
Computed Tomography applications for museum research High Resolution Computed Tomography, also known as X-ray microtomography/ nanotomography, is a nondestructive imaging technique that allows the ultrahigh-fidelity reconstruction and visualization of external and internal features of non-liv
Scanning 3D Printing Virtual Reality Explore Our Digital Media Access CT scans online
Most recent forms of mammals evolved during the Pleistocene Epoch. A dramatic „event“ of this time period was the last „Ice Age.“ The Pleistocene Epoch also was the last time that a great diversity of mammals lived in North America, including mammoths, mastodons, giant sloths, several llama-lik
Horses The Pleistocene Epoch 1.75 Million to 11,000 years ago Fossil Horses Online
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will celebrate its eighth annual ButterflyFest Oct. 19-20. The free event celebrates the importance of backyard wildlife and its role in the ecosystem and includes the largest butterfly plant sale of the year beginning Friday, Oct. 18.
top 10 photos on its Facebook page, and the public will select the overall winner online
Male and female butterflies often have different colors or patterns. Gynandromorphs—part male, part female—show a mix of both. Such anomalies, found once in 100,000 of wild butterflies, can result from mutations, disease, or errors during development. Summary Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio g
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Online Exhibit
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History’s newest gallery exhibit uses 14 breathtaking photos of plants, animals, fossils and cultural heritage materials from the museum’s collections to inform visitors on the changing biodiversity of the Sunshine State. Each image in “Florida: T
available for purchase at the museum’s collectors shop and can also be ordered online
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Step back in time and embark on an icy adventure at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s new “Antarctic Dinosaurs” exhibit, opening Oct. 7. While Antarctica is a frozen land of snow today, this exciting exhibition reveals the lush habitat it once was 200 million years ago a
Complete admission pricing is available online at www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/visit
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Museum of Natural History visitors can step back in time to the age of dinosaurs in the new “Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babiesâ€� exhibit, open from Sept. 25 to Jan. 9, 2022. “Tiny Titansâ€� uses authentic specimens, lifelike models and realistic artwork to trans
Complete admission pricing is available online at www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/visit
Beautifully arranged specimens inside delicate bell jars were once a common display method in museums or even private homes. Charles Doe, the Museum’s first Curator of Birds, created this bell jar. It has been displayed many times because of its exceptional quality. Summary Songbird Bell Jar (va
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Online Exhibit
