City Nature Challenge 2022: Alachua County
The City Nature Challenge began as a friendly competition between two California museums in 2016 and has grown into an … Continue
Earth Day 2021 Keynote: Audrey Peterman
We were profoundly grateful to Audrey Peterman for being a keynote speaker for our 2021 Earth Day celebrations. She is … Continue
Big to small: Exploring it all!
Our fall 2021 Museum in the Parks explorations were some of our most exciting! We brought Museum specimens and live … Continue
Washing Away History panel discussions
More than 250 years ago, Fort Mose (pronounced “Moh-say”) in St. Augustine, Florida, became the first legally sanctioned free Black … Continue
Gardening for Pollinators online course
Jaret Daniels has been working with imperiled butterflies for decades. From the Miami blue to the frosted elfin to the … Continue
A Celebration of Museums is a Celebration of Collections
The first Collectors Day at the Florida Museum of Natural History was part of our International Museum Day celebration on … Continue
NEA Big Read Keynote: Robin Wall Kimmerer
We were profoundly grateful to host Robin Wall Kimmerer presenting a talk titled What Does the Earth Ask of Us? … Continue
Deadly Insect Pathogens and Loveable Lichens 2021
Did you miss the recent special Mushrooms with the Museum event? You can watch it now! On March 7th, 2021, … Continue
Earth Day, Every Day 2021
Earth Day, Every Day! This year the Florida Museum, in partnership with the University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute, … Continue
Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist
On Saturday, January 30th, 2021 the Florida Museum and the Alachua County Library District (ACLD) met to talk all things … Continue