Museum Blog

Stories from around and about the Museum

In the Works: Rights of Nature

Highlighting a new In The Works installation created in partnership with a local Indigenous-led climate action group, 7 Directions of Service.

Another Market season begins!

Catch the Education and Engagement team at the Durham Farmers' Market and the Black Farmers' Market all season.

Recapping the 2024 Youth Climate Summit

Looking back at another year of climate conversation and action in our community.

Niñitos de la Naturaleza brings nature to all

The Museum and El Futuro partner to foster connections with the outdoors.

Joining BOOST at Holt Elementary

Members of the Museum of Life and Science’s Education and Engagement team had the wonderful opportunity to join the staff […]

The view from above: Impacting Hispanic communities in STEM

A recap of the Museum's Education and Engagement team's recent trip to NASA Langley Research Center.

Museum of Life and Science highlighted at the White House

The Museum of Life and Science's climate adaptation work was highlighted today at the White House during the country's first-ever Climate Resilience Summit.

Magnify your curiosity at SEM Saturday

Get a close-up look at the world around you!

A summer filled with science, stories, and togetherness

This summer the Museum teamed up with Book Harvest to share stories and science.

Where studio meets garden

Artist and professor Naomi Kasumi brings creativity, sparks curiosity, and delivers a lasting Pollinator Day impact.

Sparks empowers STEM futures

The Sparks Afterschool Program brings out the inner scientist in participants through a lens of community science.

From Durham to Panama: Butterfly House opens at Summit Municipal Park

The innovative partnership between the Museum, the McMillan Lab from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Duke University, and Summit Municipal Park recently opened the first of two butterfly houses in Panama.