Come shop with local businesses and artisans. There will be a food truck on site and a raffle to benefit The Babcock Library in Ashford CT
COMMUNITY EVENT | The Miniature Plants of Eastern CT with Dr. Bernard Goffinet Saturday October 7, 2023 10am-12pm Sign-in begins at 9:45am at the trailhead for the HEEP, Hillside Environmental Education Park, 159 Discovery Drive, Storrs, CT The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History is excited to have moss expert Dr. Bernard Goffinet […]
EXHIBIT RECEPTION | Material World: Design for a Healthful and Equitable Future Wednesday, November 1, 2023 3-5pm Gant Science Complex Light Court The design industry is responsible for excessive amounts of waste... But what if there was an alternative? The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History invites you to join UConn undergraduate […]
The frozen winter ground puts most archaeological excavations on hold... but on January 11th, 2024, State Archaeologist Dr. Sarah Sportman will be digging into Connecticut archaeology... in the form of a lecture! Dr. Sportman will highlight recent field work, research, and other activities undertaken by the Office of State Archaeology (OSA). The lecture will be […]
FIELD-LEARNING ACTIVITY | Who’s Been Here? Trail Cameras for Data & Detecting Saturday March 23, 2024 10am-12pm Forest behind New Storrs Cemetery, UConn Storrs, CT Join mammologist Dr. Erin Kuprewicz from the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History (CSMNH) to learn how to track mammals using passive methods like camera trapping and reading […]
Join Consonare Choral Community for a special concert "Refraction", redirecting how we see ourselves through sharing music and exploring the mind-body connection through song, performed by our community choirs, Choir Matrix (upper voice ensemble) and Consonare Youth Choirs. Featuring music composed by Rosephanye Powell, Francesca Caccini, Florence Price, Tracy Wong, Cyndi Lauper, and more. This concert […]
Connecticut's versatile professional vocal chamber ensemble, Voices of Concinnity, will perform a special concert with organ featuring a host of choral works historically unheard alongside their more famous contemporaries including “Dixit” by Maria Rosa Coccia, “Miserere” by Marianna Martines, “Little Organ Mass” by Joseph Haydn, and “Beatitudes” by Arvo Pärt. Admission is $20 (free for […]
Join The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Dr. Sarah Taylor, Collection Manager for the George Safford Torrey Herbarium at UConn, on a spring hike to identify and collect specimens from blooming trees! Dr. Taylor will discuss best practices for collecting and preserving tree flowers and will demonstrate how to press what you collect […]
Join the CSMNH and friends to experience the remarkable diversity of sharks and their relatives at Shark Day: Beyond Jaws! The Museum is celebrating Shark Week with our very own exploration of sharks and rays, members of the group of cartilaginous fish known as elasmobranchs. Learn about the world’s biggest shark, the world’s […]
