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Having fun with fall leaves
Fall is here and the woods are filled with beautiful colors. We’ll be collecting leaves outside and conducting experiments to explore how and why leaves change…
Deep ocean hydrothermal vents and #LifeAfterVents
With Dr. Stace Beaulieu, Senior Research Specialist with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Hydrothermal vents, or hot springs, have been described as oases…
Farming cranberries
Pamela Francis has been lecturing about cranberries with the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers‘ Association for several years. It is a joy to teach about the history…
Investigating dinosaur fossils
Did you know that the museum has several dinosaur fossils? Some are from a meat-eating dinosaur called an Eubrontes giganteus: which left the large three-toed…
Stone Walls as Drylands: Viewing New England’s Landforms as Habitats with Robert Thorson
In early New England history, freshwater wetlands were considered miasma to be loathed, drained, and converted to more productive use. By the early 1970s,…
Archaeological Collections at the Marion Natural History Museum
Archaeological Collections at the Marion Natural History Museum With Heather Olson, Laboratory and Collections Manager, The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc.…
Annual Holiday and Nature Craft Party
Enjoy relaxing and getting creative with friends at our annual holiday party. Every year we work with natural and recycled materials to design new works of art…
Shed Hunting 101
Shed hunting is the pursuit of finding antlers that have been naturally shed by any antler-bearing mammal such as moose, caribou, elk and deer. These dropped…