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The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents special programs for children and their families. Renowned authors, Harvard faculty, and other scientists may offer educational and entertaining presentations on their latest work. Occasional gallery explorations are offered for families to enjoy on their own.

 
Time Trails

Time Trails Gallery Exploration 

Explore the concept of time revealed in specimens specially marked with a "time piece" located throughout the galleries of the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Find extraterrestrial rocks "as old as time;"  look closer at giant clams whose shells, like tree rings, show each year's growth; or seek-out fossilized dinosaur footprints crossing through a riverbed over 200 million years ago.  Pick up the Time Trails map at the museum front desk, free with museum admission. Time Trails is offered as part of the Time and Time Again exhibition at Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. Get the free forthcoming Time Trails smartphone app to explore the Harvard campus for 40 thought-provoking objects in Time Trails at all four of the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture.

 

 
Look, Listen & Touch

Look Listen Touch

Look Listen Touch is a guide for young children to explore the Museum's New England Forests, in the Zofnass Family Gallery. Pick-up the exploration flyer at the front desk or in the gallery. Learn how to help your child experience nature in a multi-sensory way. Sit on the bench beneath the wolf; shut your eyes and listen. Do you hear the sounds of a bird singing, a woodpecker tapping, a frog croaking? How many different colors can you see in the feathers of one bird? Do animal and insect babies look like their parents? 
Look Listen Touch is free with museum admission. 
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