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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!

Tetrapods | Spring Break 2024

Tetrapods | Spring Break 2024

Today we will be highlighting birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, the four groups of vertebrates in the Cowan Tetrapod Collection.

Herbarium: Fungi & Lichen | Spring Break 2024

Herbarium: Fungi & Lichen | Spring Break 2024

Today we are focusing on Lichen and Fungi – two types of organisms that are kept in the herbarium but are not plants!

Herbarium: Plants & Algae | Spring Break 2024

Herbarium: Plants & Algae | Spring Break 2024

Meet mosses, find a fern, touch a tree, see a seaweed, and fawn over flowers!  

“Raising Big Blue” film screening

“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

“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

“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

“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.

Museum CLOSED Today

Museum CLOSED Today

Due to anticipated weather and road conditions, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum will be closed on January 17 and 18, 2024.

Beaty Nocturnal: Containers of Curiosities

Beaty Nocturnal: Containers of Curiosities

Presentation of Containers of Curiosities with Artist Eden Zinchik