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Night at the Museum

January 10, 2020

Join us for the eleventh annual Night at the Museum event on February 8th from 5:00-8:00 PM. This free and all ages event features interactive activities from departments and organizations across UA. Bring your family to the Alabama Museum of Natural History for an evening full of games, activities, and door prizes! February 8, 2020 5:00-8:00 p.m. Smith Hall **For more information visit www.almnh.museums.ua.edu or call 205-348-6383** This event is brought to you by the Alabama Museum of Natural History, […]

PHILIP HENRY GOSSE: A NATURALIST’S SOJOURN IN ALABAMA

August 21, 2019

The Alabama Museum of Natural History in conjunction with Birmingham Audubon invites you to join us for a free event celebrating the life and artwork of the naturalist Philip Henry Gosse. Born in 1810 in Worcester, England, the young Philip Henry Gosse developed a passion for the natural world. Having learned the basics of miniature portraiture from his father, Gosse quickly took for his artistic subjects the flourishing marine life he discovered along the English coast. In May, 1838, Gosse […]

Bama Bug Fest

June 7, 2019

July 27, 2019 4-8 pm @ Warner Transportation Museum This year the museum is launching a new annual event, Bama Bug Fest, to celebrate the diversity and benefits of arthropods, a group of animals that includes insects (ants, butterflies and beetles), arachnids (spiders and scorpions), myriapods (centipedes and millipedes) and crustaceans (crabs, shrimps and crayfish), as well as true bugs (like cicadas and plant-hoppers). This free event has something for everyone. Enjoy entertaining displays, exhibits and activities about arthropod (a.k.a. […]

Museum Expedition 41 – Dallas County Paleontology – Exploring Marine Vertebrate Diversity in the Cretaceous Alabama Tides

May 8, 2019

The Museum Expedition, sponsored by the Alabama Museum of Natural History, offers a unique summer field experience for middle and high school students as well as the general public. In an effort to provide hands-on scientific field research in the areas of paleontology, archaeology, and practical ecology the Museum Expedition was designed to offer the participant an opportunity to work side by side with professional researchers on an actual field project. Founded in 1979, the Expedition has gone to many […]

Tuscaloosa Nature Challenge

April 23, 2019

The Tuscaloosa Nature Challenge will take place at the University of Alabama Arboretum on Saturday, April 27, 2018 from 9 AM to 3 PM. This annual event is part of the iNaturalist’s City Nature Challenge (CNC) event, and all nature observations made will be included in the Birmingham Metro Area CNC Project. Schedule of Activities All scheduled activities and walks will start at the iNaturalist table under the Pavilion. In addition there will be several ongoing activities under the Pavillion throughout the entire event (iNaturalist station, […]

2019 Outdoor Alabama Photo Contest Exhibit

March 19, 2019

This year’s Outdoor Alabama Photo Contest is a Joint Project between the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), the Alabama Tourism Department (Tourism) and the Alabama Bicentennial Commission. An exhibit of this year’s winning photos is touring around Alabama this year, and is scheduled to be on display on the Mezzanine level of the Alabama Museum of Natural History until the end of April 19th. The winning photos can also be seen online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/outdooralabama/sets/72157705396554404 Photo categories for […]

Knap-In 2019: Learn How Native American Stone Tools Are Made!

February 28, 2019

Knap-In 2019: Learn How Native American Stone Tools Are Made! March 8-9, 2019 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM each day The annual Knap-In will be held Friday and Saturday, March 8-9, 2019! Flint-Knappers will be on hand to show and explain their craft. Vendors of Native American craft items will be selling their handiwork, and Bill Skinner will be here to provide an Ancient Tools and Weapons range where visitors can learn about weapons and try throwing an atlatl themselves. […]

Lizards and Snakes of Alabama Book & Exhibit

February 22, 2019

The Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Univeristy of Alabama Press invites you to join us on February 23, 2019 from 5-7 PM for a reception and book signing event for the release of Lizards and Snakes of Alabama. This long-awaited publication by Craig Guyer, Mark Bailey, and Robert Mount is the latest edition to the Gosse Nature Series. Lizards and Snakes of Alabama is the most comprehensive taxonomy gathered since Robert H. Mount’s seminal 1975 volume on the reptiles and […]

Alabama Indigenous Mound Trail Unveiling

October 3, 2018

The University of Alabama Museums (UA Museums) and The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development (UAECD) are launching the Alabama Indigenous Mound Trail. The sign-unveiling and program-launch will take place this Friday, October 5, at 1 p.m. at the Moundville Native American Festival’s main stage. Next year the State will celebrate its bicentennial, but Alabama’s heritage began long before 1819. The Alabama Indigenous Mound Trail (AIMT) celebrates the cultural heritage of our region through highlighting 13 archaeological sites that […]

An Unsolved Mystery Resurfaces Nearly 40 Years Later

July 2, 2018

Artifacts that were stolen nearly 40 years ago from The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park may soon be recovered with the help of a cash reward and the advent of technology. The burglary, which occurred in 1980, is one of the largest recorded antiquities thefts in the Eastern United States. Some 264 prehistoric Native American pottery vessels and other artifacts were stolen. The missing artifacts were appraised at $1 million at the time, which would be approximately $3 million […]

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