Events and Programs

Tricks aside, science is the real treat in this workshop! Join us as we travel around the world and then back home to SI to look at the various ways mummification takes place. We will highlight one of the most peculiar objects in the museum’s collection and experiment with making our own mummy from an ...

The word fossil comes from the Latin word fossus, meaning "having been dug up." Fossils are often found in rock formations deep within the earth. Join us for an experiment simulating the fun and challenging aspects of digging for fossils and open your mind to the possibilities that some “fossils” are still alive as relatively ...

When the going gets tough, the tough doesn’t always get going…sometimes they adapt! Explore the ingenuity behind seasonal living through the lives of the Wood Frog, Alaskan Caribou, and Arctic Fox. However, you can observe how local animals and birds spend their winter by setting up an outdoor feeding station and recording your findings in ...