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  • Current Butterfly Rainforest Theme - Rotator

    Take your holiday photographs amid the remarkable display of multicolored poinsettias in the "Butterfly Rainforest" through Dec. 31 with daily releases at 2 p.m.

  • Holiday Sale-rotator

    Let us inspire your loved ones with unique gifts that help support your Museum. Associates and Curators Society members receive 20% off at both gift shops from Dec.4-23.

  • Elegance of Science -  rotator

    Entries are now being accepted for the 2015-16 “Elegance of Science Contest” art competition. Open to UF students, staff and faculty, images are due Dec. 20, 2015.

  • Rotator - First Colony Now Open

    Discover the history, archaeology and real stories of people who lived in the nation’s first enduring European settlement – St. Augustine – founded in 1565.

  • School Holiday Camps - rotator

    Dive into the sciences and investigate natural history through activities and hands-on exploration at the Museum’s holiday camps Jan. 18 and Feb. 15. Pre-registration is required.

  • Holiday-Rotator

    The Museum will close at 5 p.m. on Dec. 23 and reopen at 10 a.m. on Dec. 26.

Science Stories
  • Beyond the temples, ancient bones reveal the lives of the Mayan working class />Beyond the temples, ancient bones reveal the lives of the Mayan working class

  • Public archaeology: UF excavates state’s oldest stone mission church during St. Augustine 450th celebration />Public archaeology: UF excavates state’s oldest stone mission church during St. Augustine 450th celebration

  • Extinct deer-like creature from Panama helps scientists better understand tropical biodiversity />Extinct deer-like creature from Panama helps scientists better understand tropical biodiversity

  • The search for Chicaza: A lost tribal village connects present, past />The search for Chicaza: A lost tribal village connects present, past

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