The Alabama Museum of Natural History will be hosting a FREE Haunting at the Museum event on October 26 from 4:30 pm until 7:00 pm. The Museum will have lighting by 2L7’s Lyndell McDonald to celebrate Halloween with spooky children’s stories, crafts, mad scientist experiments, and more!
Visit the Alabama Museum of Natural History on Saturday, October 15 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm for a free event to celebrate National Fossil Day and the scientific and educational value of paleontology and the importance of preserving fossils for future generations! Join us for a National Fossil Day celebration focused on Alabama’s fossil heritage!
Alabama has a fantastic fossil record and many important fossils have been discovered by avocational (amateur/hobby) paleontologists. In 2020, a new award was created by The University of Alabama Museums honoring an avocational paleontologist who has made substantial contributions to paleontology in Alabama.
Read More from George Martin to receive the Alabama Avocational Paleontologist Award
The Alabama Museum of Natural History will be co-hosting Haunting at the Museum with the Gorgas House Museum on October 24-28, 2022.
This year, to excite everyone’s inner scientist, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System expert aims to bring the gridiron competition of the Iron Bowl into the realm of citizen science. Dubbed the Marble Bowl, this unique contest allows Auburn and Alabama football fans to compete all season in their local ecosystems.
Here are the Hours of Operation for Labor Day from The University of Alabama Museums! Each of our museums has its own schedule so we’d like to help make it easier to know when they are closed and when they will be reopening.
On August 19th, a new article on a fossil turtle from the Alabama Museum of Natural History collection was published.
Join us on The University of Alabama’s Quad on Tuesday, August 30 from 4:45 pm – 9:30 pm for Fall Get On Board Day, UA’s signature involvement fair. Come out to meet UA student organizations and departments, including The University of Alabama Museums!
Last month, Dr. Adiel Klompmaker (UA Museums’ Curator of Paleontology) and Dr. Cristina Robins (a UA Museums’ Research Associate) participated in the 8th Symposium on Fossil Decapod Crustaceans organized in Zaragoza, Spain.
Happy Fourth of July from The University of Alabama Museums! Each of our museums has its own holiday schedule so we’d like to help make it easier to know when they are closed and when they will be reopening.