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Science Rendezvous at the Beaty!

Science Rendezvous at the Beaty!

Bring your friends, bring your family, and dive into the thrilling world of science!

A hanging blue whale skeleton at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum in summer daylight.

“Raising Big Blue” film screening

See the behind-the-scenes drama involved in recovering, cleaning, and restoring the skeleton of the largest creature on earth.

“Raising Big Blue” film screening

See the behind-the-scenes drama involved in recovering, cleaning, and restoring the skeleton of the largest creature on earth.

Artist Tour: Vanishing by Christine Fitzgerald

Artist Tour: Vanishing by Christine Fitzgerald

Join photo-based artist Christine Fitzgerald for a walk through Vanishing, an exhibition of new images of bird eggs and nests from historical museum collections paired with specimens from the Beaty Biodiversity Museum.

Beaty Nocturnal: Vanishing

Beaty Nocturnal: Vanishing

Join us for a panel discussion about innovative approaches to creative collaboration across disciplines and how activating aesthetic reconsideration of scientific collections addresses our present moment of ecological precarity.

Beaty Nocturnal: Fossils with Dr. Bruce Archibald

Beaty Nocturnal: Fossils with Dr. Bruce Archibald

How did insects respond to the diversification of flowering plants? Curator of the Beaty fossil collection paleontologist Dr. Bruce Archibald talks about the big picture of one very important group in particular!

Fossils | Spring Break 2024

Fossils | Spring Break 2024

Today our focus is on fossils, the preserved remains or traces of organisms.

Fishes | Spring Break 2024

Fishes | Spring Break 2024

Fishes range from tiny little sardines to top predators like great white sharks; and from scary-looking monkfish to elegant angelfish!

Entomology | Spring Break 2024

Entomology | Spring Break 2024

Today, we are focusing on insects and other arthropod relatives. Use magnifying glasses to look up close, identify and classify major groups of insects, and create your own insect comic strip or storyboard!

Marine Invertebrates | Spring Break 2024

Marine Invertebrates | Spring Break 2024

“Invertebrate” means without a backbone, and this includes creatures like snails, octopuses, sea stars, and more!