
11/29/2022
Get ready to create some beautiful pinned butterflies! Teens and adults can join us on December 17 to learn how to pin insects with our very own Allen Lawrance! Space is limited, so get your tickets now! https://bit.ly/3u8s3BI
For over 160 years, we have connected the people of Chicago to nature and science.
The Museum provides award-winning exhibitions and programs to 70,000 students annually and trains and provides resources for more than 2,000 Chicago teachers. The Nature Museum is one of the city’s best examples of eco-friendly building technology, including a green roof, solar panels, natural light sources and native landscaping. The Academy and its Museum are engaged in important conservation an
d research work, such as its Butterfly Restoration Project. Admission
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Get ready to create some beautiful pinned butterflies! Teens and adults can join us on December 17 to learn how to pin insects with our very own Allen Lawrance! Space is limited, so get your tickets now! https://bit.ly/3u8s3BI
Plan ahead! We will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving, and will reopen at 10am on Friday with all of our daily programming, including our 2pm Butterfly Release! Save time by getting your tickets in advance!
Join us THIS WEEKEND for our final Family Storybook Yoga session of the year! Reserve your group's spot here: http://bit.ly/3g1huJC
The plants on our grounds are turning brown...but are they dying? Or is something else going on? What happens to plants in the fall and winter? Seth has the answers in this episode of Curious By Nature!
Do plants die in the winter? That's one of the most common questions that visitors ask Seth, our manager of horticulture. So, we're answering that question, ...
Our popular insect pinning class returns in December! Learn how to pin butterflies and more with guidance from Allen, our associate curator of entomology! Space is limited, be sure to reserve your spot today.
Take a piece of tropical nature home with you from our workshop led by our associate curator of entomology!
Thank you, veterans! We recognize and honor all who have served. Both veterans and active military personnel can receive free admission to the Nature Museum year-round. You can find the full details on our website!
Find up-to-date information on Nature Museum hours, admission prices, amenities and more before you plan your visit.
Get ready to warm up your yoga practice in the midst of fluttering butterflies! Our Butterfly Haven Yoga dates for the rest of the year have been released! Check them out and book your spot today. Space is limited! https://bit.ly/3dPM7AL
Congratulations to our President & CEO, Erin Amico, for making Crain's Chicago Business' 40 Under 40 list!
That sound you hear? A round of applause for 40 incredible individuals who are both wildly accomplished and poised to do even bigger things.
Did you know the sections in the Hawver and Lacy Families Nature's PlaySpace are based on real ecosystems? Anabel's walking us through savannas, prairies, and more in this episode of Curious By Nature!
We're exploring some of Illinois' ecosystems in our new, permanent exhibit - The Hawver and Lacy Families Nature’s PlaySpace. This play area is filled with l...
Many thanks to Tim McGill for joining us at the Nature Museum this morning! We were thrilled to take him through the secrets of the Hawver and Lacy Families Nature's PlaySpace! Check out his interview with President and CEO Erin Amico below.
Nature's PlaySpace is the biggest expansion the nature museum has seen in nearly twenty years.The exhibit is geared towards kids and features 25 fun interactives. Good Day Chicago's big kid, Tim McGill, explored the space.
Happy Halloween! Patsy the alligator snapping turtle has some cool costume-y adaptations that help her find her food! Learn more in this Halloween edition of Curious By Nature!
Happy Halloween! Many animals use "costumes," camouflage, and mimicry to play trick or treat with their predators and prey. These amazing animal adaptations ...
Wondering why leaves change color? James and Marjorie get to the bottom of it in this episode of Curious By Nature!
It's fall! That means that the leaves here in Chicago will be changing colors and falling off the trees very soon. But why do leaves change color? Why do we ...
TOMORROW! Join us for BOO-seum Bash - a new twist on our annual Halloween party! Get up close to snakes, owls, and spiders, create your own trick-or-treat bag, and more! Don't forget your costume! Grab your tickets: https://bit.ly/3MKP0mZ
Registration for Winter Camp is now open! Get all the details on our TWO sessions for campers ages 4 through 11 on our website! https://bit.ly/3aAHV5e
Allen's highlighting a very cool Animal Crossing critter -- the Atlas moth -- in our newest Curious By Nature episode! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3V8Pnf9
SATURDAY! Our annual Halloween party has a new twist! Join us for the BOO-seum Bash to meet snakes, owls, and more spooktacular critters! Trick-or-treat from station to station and don't forget your costume! Sssee you then! https://bit.ly/3MKP0mZ
NOW OPEN: The urgency of climate change motivates Bonnie Peterson’s artwork. She examines geophysical climate issues, designs explanations for some of the difficult modeling scenarios, and embroiders them onto silk fabrics.
The urgency of climate change motivates Bonnie Peterson's artwork. She examines geophysical climate issues in order to design explanations for some of the difficult modeling scenarios in environmental science and draw these concepts on paper or embroider them onto silk fabrics.
Who's up for a staring contest on this Turtle Tuesday Happy is ready to go! 👀
Our annual Halloween party has a new twist! Join us for the BOO-seum Bash to meet snakes, owls, and more spooktacular critters! Trick-or-treat from station to station and don't forget your costume! See you Saturday, October 29!
Join us for an afternoon of animal encounters, crafts, and Halloween fun.
WeDigBio is returning to the Nature Museum, and the Collections team is actively preparing materials for our volunteers! Collections Technicians Alex and Victor are currently mounting plants collected from northern Ohio between 1892 and 1908 by Edward Lincoln Moseley, an American naturalist and lifelong teacher, remembered for his commitment to outdoor science education. These fragile plants have been in their pressing papers ever since. WeDigBio participants will help us transcribe the labels attached to each plant and catalog them into Arctos, a free online database. We can’t wait to discover the variety of specimens Moseley collected!
Image descriptions:
1. A variety of plants on herbarium sheets. The labels indicate the specimens are from Northern Ohio.
2. Old newspapers used as pressing papers, inside a cardboard box.
3. The outside of a cardboard box labeled "HERBARIUM. Prof E. L. MOSELEY PLANTS of N. OHIO. 1892-1908 (not mounted)
4. Cardamine pensylvanica (Pennsylvania bittercress) specimen in its pressing papers.
We're exploring Atlas moths and morpho butterflies (with Allen as our guide!) in our latest episode of Curious By Nature!
Morpho butterflies and Atlas moths are two very cool insects that you can find in Animal Crossing AND see in real life at the Nature Museum! Entomologist All...
Family Storybook Yoga returns this weekend! Reserve your group's spot here: http://bit.ly/3g1huJC
Looking for family-friendly activities? Join us today and explore our brand-new play area - The Hawver and Lacy Families Nature’s PlaySpace! https://bit.ly/3UCzwoO
Please note, due to the Chicago Marathon the museum building will operate with reduced hours today. Please plan to join us from 12pm to 4pm. See you then!
NOW OPEN! Join us today to explore our expansive new play area -- The Hawver and Lacy Families Nature’s PlaySpace! https://bit.ly/3UCzwoO
Get ready to meet our busy beaver family in our brand-new play area -- The Hawver and Lacy Families Nature's PlaySpace! Bathed in natural light, this sprawling space brings the best of the outdoors indoors. Children up to age 7 can explore a variety of nature-themed sections and stimulate their senses with over 25 fun interactives! Get ready to explore all of them when Nature's PlaySpace opens THIS SATURDAY! https://bit.ly/3UCzwoO
We're celebrating our customer service team this week! Thank you to our entire guest engagement and experience team for making every visit a special experience filled with wonder!
Get ready to "dive" into the lake section of our brand-new play area -- The Hawver and Lacy Families Nature's PlaySpace! Bathed in natural light, this sprawling space brings the best of the outdoors indoors. Children up to age 7 can explore a variety of nature-themed sections and stimulate their senses with over 25 fun interactives! Get ready to explore all of them when Nature's PlaySpace opens THIS SATURDAY! https://bit.ly/3UCzwoO
Nature Museum members! You can explore The Hawver and Lacy Families Nature's PlaySpace an hour before it opens to the public! Be sure to join us next Saturday, October 8, at 9am for our Member Preview of this new permanent exhibit! https://bit.ly/3BUe06u
Want a behind-the-scenes look at our Collections Facility? Want to lend a helping hand as we digitize our collections? Join us 10/14-15 to help process uncatalogued plant specimens PLUS get a tour of the collections!
Join us for a transcription blitz to help digitize uncatalogued botanical specimens!
Coming soon--The Hawver and Lacy Families Nature's PlaySpace! Visit our website to learn more! https://bit.ly/3UCzwoO
Fall begins today! But what kind of weather is normal for fall in Chicago? Learn more in our exhibit Weather to Climate: Our Changing World! Thanks to Presenting Sponsor Abbott. https://bit.ly/3k4O3cH
Our Collections team recently came across these small flowers and ferns pressed inside a book in our library. We don’t know who collected these plants or when, but they clearly had a passion for nature (as evidenced by their enthusiastic annotations).
To quote this very book, How to Know the Ferns, published in 1902:
“The ideal hobby, it seems to me, is one that keeps us in the open air among inspiring surroundings, with the knowledge of natural objects as the end in view. The study of plants, of animals, of the earth itself, botany, zoology, or geology, any one of these will answer the varied requirements of an ideal hobby.”
Image Descriptions:
Slide 1: A fern plant on a book page. The page is titled “Common Polypody. Snake Fern” and there is a drawing of a fern next to the specimen.
Slide 2: A flower on open book pages. There are imprints (or acid transfers) of the flower on the pages it was pressed between.
Slide 3: A small green plant against text from the book.
Slide 4: An annotation from an unknown collector that reads, “True!”
Slide 5: An annotation from an unknown collector that reads, “This is so!”
The monarchs are on the move! But where are they going? And how do we know where they end up? We're talking all about monarch migration and monarch tagging in our newest episode of Curious By Nature!
Monarch migration is in full swing! But where do our local monarchs go for the winter? And how do we know where they end up? Did you know that not all monarc...
Join us TOMORROW during Open Boulevards! We're excited to join Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Chicago Department of Transportation & Chicago Park District for this event. Stop by to make your own butterfly craft, learn about some incredible insects, pick up your own Wonder Workbook, and more!
We know we're biased... but we're pretty sure Harrison is one of the most handsome turtles we've ever met.
📸 : Turtle Walker Jess
Family Storybook Yoga returns this weekend! Reserve your group's spot here: http://bit.ly/3g1huJC
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Fall begins today! But what kind of weather is normal for fall in Chicago? Learn more in our exhibit Weather to Climate: Our Changing World! Thanks to Presenting Sponsor Abbott. https://bit.ly/3k4O3cH
Dr. Allison's team recently released some smooth greensnake hatchlings that they had incubated from the first nest found in one of our reintroduction sites in Lake County. As you can see, they were ready and eager to explore!
While Onyx is chowing down, we want to take a minute to thank our friends at Imperfect Foods for donating an incredible 1,182 pounds of produce to the Nature Museum over the last year! That food helps feed a variety of our living collections species, including our turtle-y grateful turtles.
Sound on! 🐸 What has Dr. Allison been up to? Monitoring wood frogs! It's finally starting to feel like spring, but the wood frog's mating season is well underway! Not only are they early breeders, these unique frogs can survive even when 65% of the water in their bodies is frozen. Dr. Allison and her team are working to preserve this species through careful monitoring of reintroduced populations of the frogs in Illinois.
That feeling when you just can't find a comfortable spot to bask... 🌞 As the weather gets warmer, you'll likely see these enormous snapping turtles basking on North Pond. These modern-day dinos are common snapping turtles, not to be confused with the far less common alligator snapping turtle. Our pal Patsy, who lives in Mysteries of the Marsh, is an alligator snapper. Alligator snapping turtles are endangered in Illinois, while common snapping turtles are a pretty regular occurrence throughout the state. The next time you visit the museum, see if you can spot the differences and similarities between Patsy and her North Pond cousins!
We're so excited to welcome back Chloe the sloth for some Spring Break fun! Join us April 14 for Mammals & More! Grab your tickets: https://bit.ly/3u2kXhV
There are so many cool insects in Animal Crossing! Which ones are you curious about? If you could ask our insect experts any question about the bugs in Animal Crossing...what would you ask them? Drop them below and we might answer them in an upcoming episode of Curious By Nature!
What are birds of prey? What makes a bird of prey a bird of prey? Join Elena and our friends from Wings And Talons as they showcase some beautiful birds of prey, including a great horned owl and highlight their many bird-tastic features, such as their vision, beaks, talons, and feathers!
Today, Airen's looking at three animals, their adaptations, and their habitats to see how climate change might impact their lives.
Curious about all things related to squirrels? You're in luck! Join Marjorie as she speaks with squirrel expert, Dr. Joel Brown, about what part squirrels play in our ecosystem, how they communicate, their incredible memories, and why baby squirrels are seldom seen by humans! We've got lots of squirrel facts to share in this episode of Curious By Nature! Have more squirrel questions for our scientists? Be sure to leave them in the comments below!
We're celebrating 165 years of nature and science in this week's episode of Curious By Nature! Join assistant collections manager Jessica for a look back at our history, how our collections have changed over the years, and how we continue to use them to this day! Want to meet Jessica and the rest of our collections team in person? Join us tomorrow from 11am to 2pm to meet our scientists, explore our collections, and go home with your own piece of history. Plus, it's a Suggested Donation Day for Illinois residents! Enjoy free admission or support us with a donation of $10/household.
How do squirrels survive the winter? Where do hummingbirds go in the winter? Where do turtles go in the winter? Becca and Nicole are answering these questions and more in this episode of Curious By Nature!
In this episode of Curious By Nature, Marjorie is learning about a few of the common birds we see around the Nature Museum with help from our bird guide Geoff Williamson from the Chicago Ornithological Society. He's also sharing where you can spot birds in the city, some reasons birds migrate, how climate change impacts birds, and how you can help keep migrating birds safe.
What types of body parts does a snake have? What do snake skeletons do? Airen's bringing out some of our snake friends and preserved snake specimens to give us a closer look at snake body parts, including their skeletons! Find out what similarities snake skeletons and human skeletons have and learn more about their differences in this episode of Curious By Nature. Want to learn how to make your own origami snake? Check out our step-by-step instructions here: https://naturemuseum.org/2021/11/make-your-own-paper-sssnake/
Where do our Butterfly Haven butterflies come from? What do butterflies eat? How do you care for butterflies? Allen's answering all of those questions and more in our newest episode of Curious By Nature.
Our friends Elena and Allen are here with a very special Halloween episode of Curious By Nature! Today, they're taking a look at some animals who don "costumes" to catch a tasty treat -- including Patsy!
Just a couple of mossy rocks, right? Look again! Ms. Patsy is showing off her amazing camouflage techniques in today's Turtle Tuesday video, and giving us a hint at Thursday's Curious By Nature episode theme. What do you think it is? 🤔
This Friday marks the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. This extensive fire hit homes, businesses, and even the fireproof Chicago Academy of Sciences building! Marjorie's exploring some common questions about the Great Chicago Fire, how it started, how it impacted Chicago, and how it impacted our institution in this special Great Chicago Fire episode of Curious By Nature!
We're "todally" excited to be talking about the similartities and differences between frogs and toads into today's Curious By Nature!
Join Nicole and explore the wonderful nature around Chicago. Today we're taking a nature walk and looking for evidence of animal behavior in trees, around plants, and on the ground!
Join Marjorie as she teaches us how fireflies glow, and then learn how to make your own firefly at home!
Join Allen as he dishes amazing facts about fireflies – how they glow, why they glow, where their name comes from, and more!
Curious By Nature is back! Whether you call them fireflies or lightning bugs, we're talking all about these amazing insects in our two-part special! Check out part 1, featuring entomologist Allen, here: https://bit.ly/3mCzYFc
Go behind-the-scenes with Dr. Allison! Check out this short video of a smooth greensnake soft release shot and narrated by Dr. Allison.
Check out this amazing smooth greensnake hatching time-lapse that Dr. Allison filmed! 🐍 Although they are called smooth greensnakes, the hatchlings are actually closer in color to a dull brownish green. Why? They begin hatching in late July/early August which is when a lot of vegetation is starting to dry and turn brown, so if they were as bright green as the adults they would stand out quite a bit more in their already vulnerable state. They're very special because very few species of snakes change color from hatchlings to adults.
What are these two talking about? Find out this Sunday at Bugapalooza! Join us for the chance to meet cool bugs, make crafts, and watch an amazing puppet show by our friends Jabberwocky Marionettes! Grab your tickets now: https://bit.ly/372ytHe
Have you heard? We're now offering two First Flight Butterfly Releases per day! Check out this video to get a behind-the-scenes look at this special Nature Museum experience with Marjorie as your guide! Want to experience this daily program in person? Start planning your visit here: https://bit.ly/2WE7U9c
Our annual celebration of bugs is back! Grab your tickets today! https://bit.ly/372ytHe
For 160 years, the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has worked to connect the citizens of Chicago to nature and science through immersive exhibits, family events, and in-depth education programs. Founded in 1857 to give scientists and nature aficionados a place to study and share the specimens they collected, the Chicago Academy of Sciences developed a national and international reputation for its leadership in conservation, its collection and citizen science. Dubbed the first Museum in the West, the Academy's collection has expanded to 390,000 artifacts and specimens, making it the definitive collection of our region's natural history and a valuable resource for researchers. Ongoing research, restoration, and conservation initiatives directly benefit local ecology. Admission Adults: $9 Students: $7 Seniors: $7 Children: $6 (Age 3 and under are free!) Thursdays are suggested donation days for Illinois residents. Our members always get in FREE!
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