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The Royal Connection

April 18, 2022 Carolyn Belardo Exhibit, Featured, Ichthyology, Library, People

About those unusual illustrations in the Extreme Deep exhibit

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History Co-ops Dive Deep into Academy Archives

September 29, 2021 Carolyn Belardo Education, Evolution, Featured, Library, People

A history of science at the Academy

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notebooks

Documenting the Moment

May 6, 2020 Carolyn Belardo Featured, Library

Future historians will want to know how we coped

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The World Underfoot

December 27, 2016 Christine Sellers Education, Featured, Library, People, Photoblog

Famous map from the Academy archives.

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Charles Darwin Membership Card

Famous Members: Part 2

August 1, 2016 maryalicehartsock Featured, Library, Membership, People, Uncategorized

Darwin, Curie on list of famous members.

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Thomas Jefferson membership card

Famous Members: Part 1

July 25, 2016 maryalicehartsock Featured, Library, Membership, People, Photoblog, Uncategorized

Jefferson, Audubon, and others had roots at the Academy.

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Archival Illustration

Teaching Before Photography

November 30, 2015 maryalicehartsock Featured, Library, People, Photoblog, Uncategorized

Using visuals to teach natural science.

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Jennifer Vess, Archivist

Jennifer Vess: Keeper of Stories

October 26, 2015 Gelsey Torres Featured, Library, People

Academy archivist makes amazing find

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Clergy and Collections

August 19, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Entomology, Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Library, Malacology, Ornithology, Paleontology

This special exhibit coincides with the pope’s visit to Philly.

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scutellata illustration

A Species of Fungi to Catch Your Eye

July 6, 2015 Gelsey Torres Botany, Education, Featured, Interactive

Did you know about the eyelash fungus?

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We're just two weeks away from Members' Night, our We're just two weeks away from Members' Night, our favorite night of the year! Join us on Friday, October 6 as we lift the curtain and explore behind the scenes of the Academy. Interact with staff, scientists and researchers as they present hands-on activities across the museum. ⁠
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🆕 for 2023: ⁠
🌮 Burrito Feliz food truck @burritofelizphilly will be serving up authentic Mexican food for purchase.⁠
🍺 21+? Check out the Dino Drafts Beer Garden for a refreshing beverage.⁠
🛍️ Members’ Night Academy Shop specials ⁠
🧪BYOS (Bring Your Own Soil!) for live testing by the Environmental Biogeochemisty Section of the Patrick Center⁠
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Get all the details via the link in bio! Not a member? You can join today and get an invite.
Get 🎟️ at the link in our bio! Skin: Living Get 🎟️ at the link in our bio! 
Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity was created by the California Academy of Sciences and modified for travel and distributed by the Science Museum of Minnesota. The exhibit is generously supported by Susan and Nicholas Pritzker and Family.
🔊 Announcing Dinos After Dark Halloween edition 🔊 Announcing Dinos After Dark Halloween edition! 🌙🦖🎃⁠
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Join us on October 27 from 4 to 9 p.m. for a spine-tingling evening in the museum. Don your very favorite frighteningly fun getup and join us at 7 p.m. for a fabulous, all-ages-appropriate Dino Hall costume contest. Kids — and adults, too — can go trick-or-treating at stations throughout the museum. Pay-what-you-wish admission (suggested donation $10). ⁠
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Come one, come all and let’s make this Halloween an unforgettable night - tap the link in bio to get your tickets!
🎃 Join us for "Not-So-Spooky Night in the Museu 🎃 Join us for "Not-So-Spooky Night in the Museum" on October 21! Sleep next to dinosaurs, enjoy live animal shows, experiments, and a Halloween Dance-Off under our T.rex.  Don't miss this spooktacular opportunity for family fun and adventure at the museum! Visit the link in bio to get your tickets now and let the Halloween festivities begin! 🕷️🌕
We are thrilled to announce that we have received We are thrilled to announce that we have received funding from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (@PewCenterArts) in support of our upcoming exhibition, "The Botany of Nations: Re-collecting the Lewis and Clark Herbarium With Indigenous Perspectives." The project forefronts the voices of Native Nations traditional knowledge keepers who have inhabited and sustainably stewarded the lands that Lewis & Clark traversed and contributed richly to the scientific knowledge advanced by the expedition. Stay tuned!
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Visit the link in bio to learn more about the The Pew Center grants. ⁠
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Image: Camassia quamash (Camas Root) are native to present day Northwestern United States and Canada and blossom in the late spring and early fall. Credit: Thayne Tuason
The Academy's Patrick Center for Environmental Res The Academy's Patrick Center for Environmental Research has teamed up with the partners of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative to dive deep into water quality research in the Delaware River Basin. 🌊💧⁠
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🎓 On our newest blog post, meet Kayla Aughenbaugh, a recent Drexel University graduate, and discover her fascinating biogeochemistry work at the Patrick Center. Visit the link in bio!
Did you know that the Academy’s Malacology Colle Did you know that the Academy’s Malacology Collection is a priceless resource for the study of North American land and freshwater mollusks? It holds more relevant type (or species-defining) specimens than any other! ⁠
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A new book, Utah Mollusk Identification Guide by Eric J. Wagner features images of specimens in the Academy’s collection to illustrate  142 species. In most cases, these are sets of high-resolution color photos and tiled SEM images of often microscopic shells that were created by Drexel co-op students under the Academy's NSF-funded Type Imaging project. ⁠
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Learn more by tapping the link in bio. ⁠
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Image: Oreohelix peripherica weberiana, Pilsbry, 1939 from the west side of the Weber River, 4 miles west of Coalville, Utah. ANSP Malacology Collection.
🍂 Fall is just around the corner 🍂⁠ Whethe 🍂 Fall is just around the corner 🍂⁠
Whether you live in the city, suburbs or out in the woods, you can help local biodiversity flourish with a few of our simple autumn garden tips. Tap the link in bio to access our fall garden guide!
Looking for something to do with your family this Looking for something to do with your family this weekend?  We've got a great lineup of events and free admission for college students and grandparents!⁠
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Saturday 9/9 ⤵️⁠
CollegeFest - Free admission for college students all day! See @campusphilly for full details. ⁠
Science Story Time, 11 a.m.-Noon ⁠
Awesome Armor Reptile Encounter, 2:30-3 p.m.⁠
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Sunday 9/10 ⤵️⁠
CollegeFest - Free admission for college students all day!⁠
Grandparents Day - bring your favorite adult in for free (with purchase of a child ticket) ⁠
Science Story Time, 11 a.m.-Noon⁠
Art and Observation: Illuminating Birds Art Studio, 2-4 p.m.⁠
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Check out the link in bio for a full listing of all upcoming events.
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