Summer Night at the Museum

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Dates:	Thursday, June 17, 2010 - Thursday, June 17, 2010
Hours:	5:00pm-8:00pm
Ages:	Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$ see below
Category:	Special Events

Explore the Harvard Museum of Natural History during extended hours! Join informal tours of the galleries with Harvard graduate students and participate in special programs. Check out the famous glass flowers, and don't miss the museum's newest exhibit: 'Headgear: The Natural History of Horns and Antlers.'

At 6:30pm, join Allison Gale, a graduate student in Harvard’s Earth & Planetary Sciences, for a tour through the museum's historic gems and minerals gallery. She will discuss how the gallery's more than 3,000 specimens were collected, and what makes them so scientifically valuable.

Then, at 7pm, join wildlife author Sy Montgomery for a lecture and booksigning: 'Birdology: From Hens to Hummingbirds—And One Big Living Dinosaur.'

COST

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$9; $7 students and seniors; $6 ages 3-18; under 3 free; free with Harvard ID

WEBSITE

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www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php

LOCATION

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26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Phone: 617-495-3045

http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/plan_your_visit.html