Festivals
Earth Day Festival
Friday, April 22, 2011
Meet scientists from the Patrick Center for Environmental Research and learn how they monitor environmental quality, use sediment cores to look into the past, and test for toxic chemicals.
Free with museum admission. Read more
Bug Fest
Saturday and Sunday, August 13 and 14, 2011, 10 am – 5 pm
Touch live bugs, meet entomologists, go on an insect walk, and taste creepy crawly cuisine.
Free with museum admission. Read more
Philadelphia Shell Show and Festival
Saturday and Sunday, October 1 and 2, 2010
Buy shells in the International Shell Market, check out competitive shell displays, take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Malacology Collection, and view sailor's valentines and other fine crafts.
Free with museum admission. Read more
Paleopalooza
Saturday and Sunday, February 18 and 19, 2012
Hunt for—and keep—real fossils, see rarely displayed museum specimens, and talk with paleontologists about their work.
Free with museum admission. Read more