Site Map
There are seven sections to this website:
Visit
Visiting
- Visiting the Academy: hours and admission
- Admission Discounts: discounts for visitors with selected programs cards
- Directions: directions and parking information
Calendar
- Event Calendar: a listing of upcoming events and programs
Amenities
- Academy Shop: gifts, games, books, fossils, and speciality items
- Ecology Cafe: have a meal or snack while you are here
- Event Rentals: use the museum as a memorable venue for your event
Suggestions
- For families with children: exhibits, activities, programs, and amenities that may interest families with smaller children.
- For people with disabilities: information for the hearing-, mobility-, and vision-impaired visitor
Exhibits
Changing Exhibits
- Bugs... Outside The Box: world-premiere exhibit features enormous insect sculpturespaired with live bugs and colorful specimens. Opens October 22, 2011.
- Art of Science: gallery showcasing the intersection of art and science
- Future Changing Exhibits: Upcoming changing exhibits
Permanent Exhibits
- Butterflies!: Stroll among live butterflies in our tropical garden
- Dinosaur Hall: featuring more than 30 dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles
- Dioramas: displays of wildlife from North America, Asia, and Africa
- Live Animal Center: see where the Academy's animals stay when they're not working
- Outside In: a childrens Nature Center with hands-on activities and live animals
- More Exhibits: other permanent exhibits at the Academy
Online Exhibits
- Audubon Bird of the Week: see what bird is on display this week
- Digital Collections: series of online presentations showcasing images from some of the treasures housed in the Academy's Ewell Sale Stewart Library. Many of these images came from seminal scientific publications from over the last five centuries.
- Joseph Leidy: the work and life of the Father of American vertebrate paleontology, founder of American parasitology and protozoology, influential anatomist and teacher of natura lhistory
- Thomas Jefferson Fossil Collection: the story of Thomas Jefferson and the beginnings of paleontology in America
- What am I?: guess the identity of the picture
Programs
Adult Programs
- Environmental Programs: environmental programs presented by the
- Field Studies & Workshops: hands-on workshops and local field studies
- Lectures & Talks: author talks and special lectures
- Mega-Bad Movie Night: after-hours beer, snacks, and bad movie with expert commentary
- Science on Tap: a monthly science cafe
- Outside Clubs & Societies: local natural history organizations
Family Programs
- Birthday Parties: packages for birthday parties at the museum
- Family Field Trips & Workshops: hands-on workshops and field trips for families
- Safari Overnights: sleepover with dinosaurs and polar bears
- Spring-Break Camp: April 1829, 2011, day camp for ages 512
- Summer Camp: summer 2011 day camp for ages 512
- Tiny Tot Explorers: summer afternoon programs for toddlers and their favorite adult
Festivals
- Bug Fest: a festival celebrating insects that is held in August
- Earth Day Festival: a festival featuring our environmental research
- Paleopalooza: a celebration of dinosaurs and other fossil organisms held on Presidents' Day weekend.
- Philadelphia Shell Show: the biggest show of its kind in the Northeast
Museum Activities
- Audubon Page Turning: watch the turning of the page for our copy of John James Audubon's The Birds of America
- Naturalist Presentations: dailly presentations featuring live animals and museum specimens
- Nature Videos: daily short auditorium videos
- Science Live: watch scientists at work on selected weekday afternoons
- Wild Weekends: special family programming on selected weekends
Scout Programs
- Brownies: weekend workshops and Safari Overnights
- Junior Girl Scouts: weekend workshops and Safari Overnights
- Cub Scouts: weekend workshops and Safari Overnights
- Webelos: weekend workshops and Safari Overnights
- Boy Scouts: Merit Badge workshops
Center for Environmental Policy
- CEP Home: an introduction to the Center for Environmental Policy
- About the Center: information about the center's programs and activities
- Video Archives: a collection of video from selected past public programs
Education
Field Trips
- Field Trips to the Academy: field trips for schools and other groups
- Discovery Lessons: structured educational programs
- Hands-on Programs
- Planning your visit
- Register online
Outreach
- Academy on the Go: Academy outreach to schools and other groups
- Lesson Programs: structured educational programs
- Fairs and Festivals
- How to register
Special Programs
- A Head Start on Science: a Head Start science enrichment program
- Carver Science Fair
- WINS: (Women in Natural Science) our science enrichment program
Teacher Resources
- Museum Pass
- Online Supplements
- Request Information: receive information via the mail
Research
About our Research
- Academy Research
- Molecular Lab
- Research Contacts
- Scientific Publications
- Seminars: techical programs intended for researchers
- VIREO: a comprehensive image bank of bird photographs
Center for Systematics and Evolution
- Botany
- Diatom Herbarium
- Entomology
- General Invertebrates
- Herpetology
- Ichthyology
- Invertebrate Paleontology
- Malacology
- Mammalogy
- Ornithology
- Rotifera
- Vertebrate Paleontology
Patrick Center for Environmental Research
- About the Patrick Center
- Biogeochemistry
- Fisheries
- Phycology: diatoms and green algae
- Watersheds and Systems
- Scientists
- Selected Projects: (Includes: Ecological Effects of Small Dams, Fairmont Park Restoration, Freshwater Marshes and Climatic Change, Manatawny Creek Dam Removal, Marcellus Shale, and Sabine River Monitoring)
- Ruth Patrick: (Dr. Patrick is a world renowned scientist and is the founder of the Patrick Center for Environmental Research)
Ewell Sale Stewart Research Library and Archives
About
About the Academy
- Overview
- Contacts: who to contact at the Academy
- History of the Academy
- In the News: recent press stories about the Academy
- Press Room: press releases, press kits, and publicity photos
Governance
- Documents & Key Staff
- Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University Affiliation
- Annual Reports
- Board of Trustees
- George W. Gephart Jr.: President and CEO
- Robert M. Peck: Senior Fellow
Careers
- Employment
- Internships
- Bhlke Endowment
- Eckelberry Endowment: endowment and fellowship to support natural history artists
- Gallagher Fellowship: fellowship on microscopic animals with emphasis on rotifers
- Jessup & McHentry Awards: systematic biology awards
- Research Internships
- REU
More About Us
- Publications: selected publications for the general public
- Public Art: Museum without Walls and the public art in front of the Academy
Support Us
Support the Academy
- Your support Matters: ways you can support the Academy
- Annual Fund
- Donor privacy
- Planned Giving
- Planned Giving Guide
Membership
- Benefits and Categories
- ASTC Passports: get free admission to participating science museums and technology centers from around United States and Canada
- Members' Night: a special where members go behind the scenes to see our collections, meet our staff and learn about their work
- Fingernail Analysis: we can learn about our members' diet by analyzing their fingernails
Leadership Circles of Support
Corporate Giving
Volunteer