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Maybe Darwin Sat Here

February 11, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Library

Special chair on display for a limited time.

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Night at the Museum Drawing

Contest: Night at the Museum

February 9, 2015 maryalicehartsock Contest, Education, Featured, Fossil, Kids Club, Membership, Paleontology, Program

What happens when dinos do gymnastics?

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boy with skull

Paleopalooza Festival

February 4, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Education, Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Live Animals, Paleontology, Program

Get your fossil on Feb. 14 and 15!

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Mark Catesby’s Birds of Colonial America

February 2, 2015 maryalicehartsock Featured, Ornithology, Uncategorized

Why are Mark Catesby’s illustrations of birds and plants special?

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profile of Hawkins

A Remarkable Gift

January 28, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Paleontology

Gift creates a center for the study of Benjamin W. Hawkins.

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Snowy Day

Sustainable Tips for Frigid Weather

January 26, 2015 maryalicehartsock Environmental Science, Featured

Remove ice and snow the sustainable way.

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First Adult Overnight

January 21, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Education, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Live Animals, Program

What to expect at the Academy’s first adult overnight.

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water and shoreline

Undaunted

January 14, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Paleontology

Exploration is a learning experience.

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The Big Dig

Experience a Fossil Dig

January 12, 2015 maryalicehartsock Education, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Paleontology

Our fossil dig features new surprises for tiny paleontologists.

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Extremely Rare Find

January 7, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Entomology, Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Live Animals

An extremely rare butterfly will go on display for one month starting January 17.

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Academy Conversation: Is the Climate of Climate Ch Academy Conversation: Is the Climate of Climate Change Changing? Join us virtually to talk about what actions are being implemented to help tackle #ClimateChange, from City Hall in Philadelphia all the way to the White House. Free with registration. ⁠
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📅TODAY 3/2/21 at 3:30 p.m.⁠
Link in bio to register
Happy #MolluskMonday! Here is a fine Horned Helmet Happy #MolluskMonday! Here is a fine Horned Helmet Shell (Cassis cornuta) in the Academy’s malacology collection.
Rainy day blues? We have sold out of tickets for t Rainy day blues? We have sold out of tickets for today, but you can come hang out under these blue skies with our Bison on Sunday. You save $2 when you reserve your timed tickets online! Plan your visit today via link in bio. 

Photo by recent visitor @cgladston3
Want to see our Permian Monsters exhibit, full of Want to see our Permian Monsters exhibit, full of moving prehistoric creatures from the comfort of your couch? You can - tonight! ⁠
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Link in bio to register for our Flashlight Tour at 7 p.m.
Raise your hand if you've ever dreamed of digging Raise your hand if you've ever dreamed of digging for dinosaur bones! 🦖⛏️🙋🏽 ⁠
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For Ruby Le, a high school student in our Women In Natural Sciences program, this dream became a reality in the summer of 2019 during a weeklong fossil dig in Montana. Ruby got to jacket fossils, stargaze, hike and learn about geography! ⁠
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Women In Natural Sciences (WINS) is a free afterschool and summer science enrichment program offered to female public school students. Since its founding in 1982, WINS has been providing participants with hands-on science classes, skill-building activities and opportunities for personal growth in a uniquely nurturing setting. To date, more than 820 young women have completed the WINS program. The program’s mentoring and support have resulted in 100 percent of students graduating high school and more than 96 percent attending college.⁠
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Join us virtually on March 11 to celebrate the meaningful experiences of WINS alumnae at Life After WINS. Link in bio to register.
The Academy's animal ambassadors help connect our The Academy's animal ambassadors help connect our community to nature! Gecky the leopard gecko has become a favorite of local students during virtual lessons about animal habitats. Leopard geckos are native to dry desert areas in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and northwest India. Leopard geckos are well equipped to survive in this extreme habitat with features like camouflage, a tail that stores fat for nutrition and shedding edible skin that provides extra minerals and moisture.⁠
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To book a virtual lesson for your class visit the link in profile!
Break out your pearls for #MolluskMonday! A pair o Break out your pearls for #MolluskMonday! A pair of cultured “Mabe” pearls still in their parent oyster. These are made by sliding a hemispherical blank between the living animal and its shell. The oyster deals with the irritation of the rough blank by coating it with mother-of-pearl to make it smooth. The resulting half-round pearls are bigger than any possible spherical pearl, and are used for earrings and brooches.
We tend to think of seashells as inanimate objects We tend to think of seashells as inanimate objects scattered across sandy beaches at the sea’s edge. But each of those shells were living animals, or mollusks. Their life stories can be unexpected, telling and surprisingly varied. Join Collection Manager Paul Callomon live from the Malacology Collection as he brings shells back to life.⁠
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A Shaker of Science: Shell Tales⁠
Thursday, February 25⁠
5:30 PM-6:30 PM⁠
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Link in bio to register!
Ah, that feeling when you can sleep in on the week Ah, that feeling when you can sleep in on the weekend. We're looking forward to it – Happy Friday! ⁠
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There is limited time left to visit the incredible Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit at the Academy. See 100 award winning nature photographs from all around the world!⁠
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The Academy is open to the general public Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. –5 p.m. Timed tickets are available to reserve online. ⁠
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Link in bio for more info.
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