Programs & Events Photo Gallery

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Bird Fest

Live birds like this barn owl held by Jacquie Genovesi, Academy vice president of education, are part of the fun of Bird Fest.
Credit: ANSP

International Orchid Show

Blue Heaven, Laeliocattleya Dinard, a Cattleya hybrid
Credit: Robert Sprague
Phalaenopsis equestris
Credit: Robert Sprague
Cattleya hybrid, Bc. Angel Lace x Blc. George King Serendipity
Credit: Robert Sprague
Paphiopedilum hybrid, Jeweled Cicada x Oriental Magic
Credit: Robert Sprague
Yellow Lady’s Slippers, Cypripedium parviflorum
Credit: Robert Sprague

Paleopalooza

Academy Paleontologist Ted Daeschler at Paleopalooza shows off some of the Devonian Age fossils he collected.
Credit: Kelly & Massa Photography

Visitors to Paleopalooza enjoy touching a real fossil with the help of Academy Vertebrate Paleontology Collection Manager Ned Gilmore.
Credit: Will Klein

Academy Explorers Camp

Inspecting a shark jaw during Academy Explorers Camp.
Credit: Hollie Barattolo/ANSP

Collecting insects during Academy Explorers Camp.
Credit: Hollie Barattolo/ANSP

Audubon Page Turning

Hollie Powers Holt, a John James Audubon researcher from FineAntiquePrints.com of Wayne, Pa., carefully turns a page of The Birds of America at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.