No, it’s not taxidermy!
Or, why are natural history museums full of dead animals, and what can we learn from them?
Spring Break 2019
March 16 – March 31 During Spring Break, join the Beaty Biodiversity Museum every day at 12:00 pm for a different hands-on activity, brought to you by volunteers, staff, curators, and special guests! Meet new friends while exploring different aspects o
Holiday Hours 2019-2020
Happy Holidays from the Beaty Biodiversity Museum team! Please check in with our events calendar and daily schedule to see what’s going on at the museum over the holidays.
The 9th Annual Schofield Bryophyte Foray: Haida Gwaii
During this year’s foray a small group of bryologists went to Haida Gwaii.
Reorganizing Remarkable Resources
As a student, I know the importance of a neatly organized desk. It’s where I work, eat, (and sometimes fall asleep). I’ll admit, sometimes I find some long lost treasures while cleaning out my desk While working on the Seashore Beaty Box, I discovered
Fall into new tours at the Beaty Museum
This fall, we are offering six new guided tour options, and a free audio tour!
Can I Touch That?
Beaty Boxes are a valuable tool for educators to help students explore biodiversity according to their own learning style.
Dinosaur Trackways opens with record Nocturnal crowd
Over 140 people attended the opening of our new Dinosaur Trackways exhibit on Thursday, March 29.
Herbarium Collection BioBlitz!
One of the most interesting things I found when I first started as curator, was to realize that we did not have a full inventory of our collection! We know we have over 700,000 specimens so it’s not an easy task to find gaps in our collections. Imagine that, not knowing what you have in your museum collection.