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🦖The oldest natural history museum in North America
🗓 Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
🎟 Plan your visit and save $2 on tickets at ansp.org

Each year on this day, our country honors Dr. Mart

Each year on this day, our country honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a national day of service that memorializes his extraordinary life and lends expression to his remarkable legacy.⁠
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For Dr. King, “Everybody can be great because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.” As an institution with a mission to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it, these words resonate deeply with the Academy. From the icefields of Antarctica to the streets of Philadelphia, our impactful science never stops. So, on this ‘day on, and not a day off’ we invite you to remember Dr. King, get involved and join us in making our world just a little bit better. If you’re in Philly, here are a few ideas…⁠
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Drexel’s Lindy Center has compiled a listing of service opportunities here: bit.ly/3queuvz, including a cleanup at Cobbs Creek Park in West Philly⁠
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The National Liberty Museum is hosting "Sustainability is Service: Insights on Living Sustainably" with workshops on sustainable living: bit.ly/3trHAxo⁠
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Bartram's Garden in West Philadelphia is seeking volunteers for a trash and debris cleanup, plus a film screening of Ava DuVernay's film 13TH: bit.ly/3tvlNVI⁠
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Contribute to a virtual discussion on Food Justice: How Race Impacts Access to Food: bit.ly/3Kdh7cR⁠
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But if the current forecast for a winter storm persists, and you’re minded to spend the day indoors, check out the reading list at the bottom of this article for books on environmental justice: bit.ly/3fp0AEu⁠
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With best wishes from everybody at the Academy for a productive Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Happy #FossilFriday from our Dinosaur Hall! ⁠
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We're open all weekend and Monday, too! 10 a.m.–5 p.m daily. Link in bio to save $2 on your tickets. ⁠
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📷 by recent visitor @akira_sissi - thanks for stopping by!

Did you know that there are 10,000,000 diatoms in

Did you know that there are 10,000,000 diatoms in a single gallon of seawater? 😲⁠
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Kids grades 3-5 can get a rare glimpse of the Academy’s incredible Diatom Collection and find out how we pioneered water research across the planet in our upcoming Junior Scientist Workshop! Discover how diatoms have inspired scientists to invent special tools, and create beautiful art and take home your own daring diatom design. ⁠
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Junior Scientist Workshop: What’s So Mighty About a Diatom?⁠
Saturday, January 22, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.⁠
$35 child/$25 member child per workshop⁠
Link in bio to register!

🚨Extinction Alert! 🚨⁠ What did the world l

🚨Extinction Alert! 🚨⁠
What did the world look like before the dinosaurs? Step back 290 million years to when bizarre-looking creatures dominated life on land and sea, and dinosaurs had not yet evolved. Permian Monsters blends vivid artwork, amazing fossils and scientifically accurate models of moving beasts to recreate this relatively unknown period when the greatest mass extinction wiped out creatures that will never be discovered. Explore odd-looking sharks, strange reptilelike precursors of mammals, and the vicious predator the giant saber-toothed gorgonopsid. Play paleontologist and dig for fossil casts, enjoy interactive games and more.⁠
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Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs closes on January 17. Link in bio to learn more about the exhibit and get tickets.

Academy Science Camp begins June 27 and registrati

Academy Science Camp begins June 27 and registration is now open! 🦖🍃🌳🐛⁠
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Kids ages 6–10 can spend their summer at the Academy with our fun educators, cool exhibits and wild science! Sign up for one week or sign up for them all; each day will feature hands-on activities, creative crafts and untold secrets of the museum. ⁠
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Link in bio to save your spot!

In awhile, Crocodile! 🐊⁠ ⁠ This colored pla

In awhile, Crocodile! 🐊⁠
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This colored plate is from "Illustrations of the most beautiful and rarest pieces of the princely natural history cabinet in Bayreuth with explanations" authored in 1748 by German Naturalist Peter Christian Wagner.

Our newest exhibit, Invisible World of Water, expl

Our newest exhibit, Invisible World of Water, explores the unseen aspects of this important element and celebrates its beauty through art. You can even view tiny microscopic diatoms and learn about what they tell us about the environment! ⁠
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Link in bio to learn more.
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📷 by recent visitor @carrotkate - thanks for stopping by!

Are you ready to take a big bite out of the weeken

Are you ready to take a big bite out of the weekend?⁠
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Link in bio to plan your visit to see our spectacular Dinosaur Hall and our special exhibit Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs before it closes on January 17! ⁠
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The Academy is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.⁠
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📷 by recent visitor @caitlin_c_nagel - thanks for visiting!

❄️ Wishing all of our followers a Happy New Ye

❄️ Wishing all of our followers a Happy New Year! ❄️

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