Education

A summer filled with science, stories, and togetherness

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

Nature

Spiny-backed spider and more

Some of the critters orb-weaving, nectaring, peaking, and singing around campus.

Education

Where studio meets garden

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

Nature

Turtle Nest

Naturalist Greg Dodge checks in on a turtle nest on campus.

At the Museum

30×30 Artist Spotlight: Ina Liu

Meet Ina Liu, a visual artist with a background in public health, and the creator of Yin Yang (acrylic on canvas).

At the Museum

30×30 Artist Spotlight: Raman Bhardwaj

Meet Raman Bhardwaj, the creator of Bagh of Bengal 2 (acrylic on canvas).

At the Museum

30×30 Artist Spotlight: Naomi Kasumi

Meet Naomi Kasumi, the creator of Home Sweet Home (mixed-media) and Urban Colonial Sanctuaries (handmade felt, colored machine-made felt, fishing strings).

At the Museum

30×30 Artist Spotlight: Maureen Seltzer

Meet Maureen Seltzer, the creator of Hope Released Two Red Wolves, and the winner of the Director’s Prize.

Education

Sparks empowers STEM futures

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

At the Museum

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.

At the Museum

MLS Mailbag No. 7

The MLS Mailbag returns to answer your questions about critter names, the Museum's native birds, and how carnivorous plants get nutrients.

Animals

Rest in Peace, Yona

The Museum mourns the loss of Yona, one of the Museum's black bears