Exhibit Museum of Natural History

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Night at the Museum!
Wednesday, 07/07 9:00am to 9:30pm
 
ANNUAL EVENTS:
I.D. Day: Information tables with hands-on specimens and artifacts are staffed by experts from the U-M Paleontology, Anthropology and Zoology research museums and the surrounding community who answer questions and identify objects for the public.

Halloween Party: Typically the Sunday afternoon before Halloween, children of all ages come in costume and trick or treat around Museum stations that offer fun, educational activites.

Dinosaur Discovery Day: The first Saturday in December, Dinosaur Discovery Day features a variety of hands-on stations and may include talks by experts (professors, scientists and curators) and live animal demostrations

Theme Discovery Day: Every March, the Museum hosts a Discovery Day as part of the collaboration with Washtenaw, Livingston and Wayne County libraries for the Winter Family Reading and Science program.  Activities may include hands-on stations, talks by experts (professors, scientists and curators) and live animal demonstrations.

TEMPORARY EXHIBITS:

In the Rotunda Lobby:
Collecting for Science: Collections, Science and Scholarship in the U-M Research Museums
Through May 31

Fourth Floor Rear Gallery:
Explore Evolution
Ongoing

Fourth Floor Temporary Gallery:
Archaeology! Current Research in the U-M Museum of Anthropology
Ongoing

Fourth Floor Landing:
TBA

At the U-M Shapiro Library:
Reaching for the Stars, and Beyond: Astronomy at the University of Michigan
Ongoing

PERMANENT EXHIBITS:

The Hall of Evolution - on the Museum's second floor houses Michigan's largest display of prehistoric life.  Over 600 million years of life on Earth are traced through fossils, models and dioramas.  Here you can find dinosaur, prehistoric whales, mastodons and more.

The Michigan Wildlife Gallery - on the third floor has a large collection of native Great Lakes birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, with taxidermy mounts, habitat scenes, and the largest mastodon trackway on display in the world.  There are also displays about some of the environmental problems we face in this region today.

The Anthropology Displays - on the fourth floor feature artifacts from human cultures aroudn the world

The Geology Displays - on the fourth floor offer a large selection of rocks, minerals and gems.

ONLINE EXHIBITS:

Explore the Mastodon Trackway
Climate Change