August 3, 2012
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is dedicating the entire month of August to bugs. Celebrate the Academy’s bicentennial at its latest exhibit, Nature’s Assassins: Bug Predators from Around the World and the 5th annual Bug Fest, where you will see and learn about live deadly scorpions, notorious black widow spiders and giant [...]
Read more»July 26, 2012
[Summer nights in Philadelphia are always action-packed, and we want to help you cherry-pick from all the events and activities going on. On certain days that promise particularly bustling evenings, we round up our selections for the most can't-miss pursuits with which to fill your schedule. See you out there!] • Best of the ’80s [...]
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Today’s Philly 101 video features Melanie Mills, a Staff Scientist at the Academy Of Natural Sciences. You may not have known that, in addition to being one of the world’s foremost natural history museums and home to the fan favorite butterfly and dinosaur exhibits, the academy is also a fully functional science research institution. See Melanie at work upstairs in the ANSP labs, and learn what she wishes more people knew about in Philadelphia.
Today’s Philly 101 video features Melanie Mills, a Staff Scientist at the Academy Of Natural Sciences. You may not have known that, in addition to being one of the world’s foremost natural history museums and home to the fan favorite butterfly and dinosaur exhibits, the academy is also a fully functional science research institution. See [...]
Read more»April 18, 2012
This weekend is a great opportunity to visit the Academy of Natural Sciences. Not only will you be able to explore the treasures of the nation’s oldest natural history museum, you get to visit on a steep discount. In honor of the museum’s bicentennial this year, ANSP is offering two-for-the price-of-one admission every 21st day [...]
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Watch the video above to meet Liz Hann, Senior Biologist at Adventure Aquarium on the Camden Waterfront. We filmed Liz as stingrays were swimming around her ankles, just a day in the life of a marine biologist. Her Philly 101 video features a sneak peek behind the aquarium scenes, plus a look at what she wishes more people knew about in Philadelphia.
Adventure Aquarium
1 Riverside Drive, Camden
www.adventureaquarium.com
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
www.ansp.org
Watch the video above to meet Liz Hann, Senior Biologist at Adventure Aquarium on the Camden Waterfront. We filmed Liz as stingrays were swimming around her ankles, just a day in the life of a marine biologist. Her Philly 101 video features a sneak peek behind the aquarium scenes, plus a look at what she [...]
Read more»March 27, 2012
The Academy of Natural Sciences celebrated its 200th birthday this past weekend with a laser light show, interactive events and a new commemorative exhibition and book. The New York Times heralds the momentous anniversary with a feature that documents the academy’s history and speaks glowingly of the new publication, “A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science.” Pick one up for yourself, and check out the exhibit, in support of the nation’s oldest natural history museum right here in Philadelphia. [New York Times]
March 23, 2012
As we told you last week, the Academy of Natural Sciences turns 200 this year and is kicking off a year-long celebration with a special Bicentennial Weekend celebration. The institution is the nation’s oldest natural history museum and a Philadelphia treasure. Celebrate the bicentennial with an exciting new exhibit called “The Academy at 200: The [...]
Read more»March 15, 2012
This month The Academy of Natural Sciences, the nation’s oldest natural history museum, turns 200 years old. To mark this milestone occasion, the Academy will host a yearlong commemoration that befits the research, exploration and discovery of its celebrated past — and its illustrious present. The bicentennial year kicks off with a weekend jam-packed with [...]
Read more»March 2, 2012
The Academy of Natural Sciences presents a few evening Town Square programs and Urban Sustainability Forums on local environmental issues each month, all free and open to the public. It’s a great opportunity to tap into the green knowledge of local experts, and engage with one of the city’s most respected research institutions in a [...]
Read more»February 13, 2012
If you love dinosaurs — and really, who doesn’t? — you need to get to The Academy of Natural Sciences on February 18th or 19th for the annual Paleopalooza festival. Visitors to the museum will get to talk one-on-one with paleontologists about their work, watch as they work on the bones of a titanosaur, search [...]
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