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Hosting an event at the Harvard Museum of Natural History is an opportunity for private groups and organizations to experience the museum at a time when it is not open to the public. Whether entertaining clients and colleagues with an intimate dinner or...

Member Appreciation Night: The Great Outdoors…Indoors!

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Member Event Join fellow HMSC members at our annual Member Appreciation Night at the Museum. Enjoy an evening of outdoor-inspired gallery activities, “campfire” nature talks by Harvard researchers, and trailside refreshments. This event is free for HMSC...

Bee Day at Harvard (2013)

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Special Event Participate in a day of events and activities highlighting the importance of honey bees and beekeeping to biodiversity, the food supply, and human health. Learn more about the alarming decline of beehives (colony collapse disorder) widely...

Summer Solstice Celebration 2017: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

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Free Public Special Event Kick off summer at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture's annual Summer Solstice Celebration. Enjoy a fun evening with circus performers, music, food trucks, and hands-on activities for all ages, with free evening admission...

Earth Week: After-School Animal Encounters: Humans and Animals

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Life on planet Earth can sometimes seem unbelievably diverse and resilient, yet we’re more aware than ever of how connected all living beings are to one another. This special Earth Week edition focuses on some of the challenges animals face today, and on...

Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created

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Patrick E. McGovern, Scientific Director, Biomolecular Archaeology Project for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages, and Health, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania The...

Annual Night at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

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Special Members-Only Event Enjoy a free, members-only Night at the Harvard Museum of Natural History featuring behind-the-scenes tours of the Mineralogical & Geological Museum, holiday shopping, and extended exhibit hours. This always-popular and festive...

Members' Night at the Museum (2015)

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Behind-the-Scenes Tours & Holiday Shopping Event Join us on Tuesday, December 8, from 5:00-9:00 pm, for a Members' Night at the Museum featuring the annual HMNH Behind-the-Scenes & Holiday Shopping Event! Sign up today for a tour of the Museum of...

A Lunar Soirée

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This event is sold out. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. For details, please email: lectures@hmsc.harvard.edu Special Event Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the 1969 moon landing at this...

ArtsThursdays: AR/VR Explorations

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Special In-Person Event Join us for a free art + science night at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology! Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while learning and strolling through the...

Fermentophone: Meet the Artist

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Special Event Fermentophone is a musical instrument played by live bacteria and yeast. It’s also an edible art installation that brings you closer to the microbes that help create some of our favorite foods and drinks. Meet artist Joshua Pablo Rosenstock...

Fermentophone: Meet the Artist

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Special Event Fermentophone is a musical instrument played by live bacteria and yeast. It’s also an edible art installation that brings you closer to the microbes that help create some of our favorite foods and drinks. Meet artist Joshua Pablo Rosenstock...