BugFest 2009 Family Festival at HMNH
| Hours: | Saturday March 14, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm |
| Ages: | Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $ see below |
| Category: | Fairs & Festivals |
Saturday March 14, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
The Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge will be buzzing with dozens of activities as staff and volunteers are on hand with investigations stations throughout the galleries where families can explore the amazing world of arthropods â insects, spiders and the other crawling creatures that comprise nearly 80% of all animals on Earth.
Get close to live beetles, scorpions, and centipedes; learn how butterflies get their wings and fireflies flash their light; and meet the Harvard scientists who collect and study these amazing creatures.
Special programs include:
Noon : A DVD screening of the David Attenborough's BBC documentary, Life in the Undergrowth, which explores the relationships between bugs and other organisms.
2:00 pm: A presentation on insect locomotion titled 'On the Fly: How Bugs Move,' by Harvard biology assistant professor Stacey Combes.
BugFest is made possible in part with support from Cambridge Trust Company.
| COST | ↑ top |
Free with museum admission, adults $9, seniors/students $7, children 3-18 $6, under 3 free
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/index.php#bugfest
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Phone: 617-495-3045
The museum is on the Harvard University campus, just a short, 7-10 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square MBTA Red Line âTâ station.
| TIPS | ↑ top |
- Take the T to Harvard Square, and the museum is just a 6-8 minute walk. It's less than a mile from the commuter rail station in Porter Square.
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