Press Room - All 2005 Releases
2005 Press Releases
12/20/2005 - Glow: Living Lights exhibit to shine at Fla. Museum Jan. 28
12/20/2005 - Popular John Moran photography exhibit to remain at Fla. Museum through Jan. 18
12/19/2005 - Museum receives grant to start MESS program in Marion County
12/14/2005 - Museum to host lecture on evolution, intelligent design debate
11/28/2005 - Study first to quantify validity of DNA I.D. tool using marine snails
11/23/2005 - Museum hosts John Moran book signing Dec. 11
11/22/2005 - 'Earth, Wind and Fire' preschool class offered Dec. 14
11/22/2005 - 'Chorus of Birds' class for grades K-5 offered Dec. 3
11/22/2005 - Museum seeks volunteers to work with butterflies
11/10/2005 - Museum hosts 'Trashformations' recycled art competition, show
11/10/2005 - Colored pencil society members to sketch at Museum on Saturday, Nov. 12
11/09/2005 - Fossil dig successful, more volunteers needed through Dec. 17
11/02/2005 - Museum presents lecture on Caribbean slavery issues Nov. 9
10/27/2005 - K-5 aquatic insects class offered Nov. 12
10/27/2005 - Museum, astronomy club offer Mars viewing Nov. 12
10/26/2005 - "Walk Like an Animal" preschool class offered Nov. 9
10/26/2005 - UF to present Florida Museum McGuire Center green building case study Friday Oct. 28
10/21/2005 - New class for grades 1-2 offered Oct. 29
10/10/2005 - Adult basket weaving class offered Nov. 8
10/07/2005 - Botanical illustration adult class offered Oct. 22 - Oct. 23
10/07/2005 - Museum receives $5,000 Smithsonian grant
10/04/2005 - Museum hosts Oct. 16 paleontology lecture, book signing
10/04/2005 - Movie night features '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,' talk from Smithsonian scientist
10/03/2005 - Register now for home school classes beginning Oct. 17
09/30/2005 - New fall Saturday classes offered for grades 1-2 and 6-8
09/30/2005 - Butterfly exhibits win top Southeast regional award
09/30/2005 - Register now for Oct. 21 'Billy the Squid and Other Cephalopods' school holiday K-5 class
09/30/2005 - 'Explore Aquatic Critters' fall classes offered for grades K-5
09/30/2005 - "Florida's Past Comes Alive" Oct. 14 at Fla. Museum
09/28/2005 - Volunteer naturalists needed to lead outdoor school tours
09/27/2005 - Fla. Museum to host free Saturday concert by the Kastles
09/23/2005 - McGuire Center presents public lecture by renowned ecologist
09/23/2005 - Volunteer fossil diggers needed
09/20/2005 - John Moran lecture, book signing to be held Sept. 25
09/20/2005 - 'Giant Squid' opening activities to be held Sept. 24
09/19/2005 - 'Life on Coral Reefs' photography exhibition opens Sept. 21
09/14/2005 - Volunteers needed to lead museum school tours
09/08/2005 - Archaeology curator to receive travel writer award
09/07/2005 - Sept. lobby admission donations to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims
09/02/2005 - Butterfly volunteer training to be held Sept. 11
08/12/2005 - New John Moran photography exhibit opens Sept. 24
07/18/2005 - 2005-06 Associate Board of Directors named
07/18/2005 - 'In Search of Giant Squid' temporary exhibit opens Sept. 24
06/30/2005 - McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity receives green building status
06/30/2005 - $94,000 grant for wildflower, butterfly project received
06/23/2005 - Entries for summer 2006 quilt exhibit accepted
06/22/2005 - Exotic orchids added to Butterfly Rainforest exhibit
06/10/2005 - Demos, activities planned for art exhibit opening June 18
06/08/2005 - Summer Discovery Room offered for guests of all ages
06/03/2005 - Behind-the-scenes look at exhibits, collections open to public
05/24/2005 - Summer exhibition highlights 18 local artists
05/20/2005 - Ordway Preserve Photography exhibit now on display
05/12/2005 - Archaeology curator to receive lifetime achievement award
05/10/2005 - Ocala couple receives volunteer of the year award
05/02/2005 - 'Plants and What's for Dinner' preschool class offered
04/27/2005 - Curator presents lecture on island birds May 1
04/20/2005 - Volunteers to work with butterflies needed
04/20/2005 - Junior volunteers to support summer programs needed
04/12/2005 - Museum receives rare Amazonian artifacts confiscated in federal investigation
04/08/2005 - Adult palm weaving class, demonstration offered
04/07/2005 - Lecture focuses on use of lice in human evolution studies
04/07/2005 - Children's summer camp teachers recruited
03/31/2005 - Free Finding Florida Fossils program offered
03/31/2005 - 'Something Fishy' preschool class offered
03/25/2005 - 'Green Machines' home school class offered April 11 - May 2
03/24/2005 - Discovery raises questions about origin of African mammals
03/24/2005 - 'Butterfly Gardening in Spring' adult class offered
03/23/2005 - 10-foot Aztec calendar stone returned to Dickinson Hall March 28, 2005
03/21/2005 - Fla. Museum hosts last Florida eclipse viewing until 2014
03/17/2005 - Ideas about fossil horses undergo evolution in thinking
03/15/2005 - Free program exploring local food chains to be held March 26
02/25/2005 - 14th annual Thomas Farm fossil dig offered
02/23/2005 - 'Art in Nature' preschool class offered
02/23/2005 - Fla. Museum presents spring break classes for grades K-5
02/04/2005 - Lecture on the chemistry behind life to be held at Fla. Museum
01/28/2005 - Spring adult class teaches pine needle crafts
01/26/2005 - New 'Florida Fossils' preschool class to be held Feb. 9
01/26/2005 - Lecture on 'Flying Flowers' butterfly book to be held
01/14/2005 - Concert-only tickets go on sale for Beatles tribute band fund-raiser
01/12/2005 - Lecture on wild orchids by international expert to be held
01/07/2005 - 'Microbes' temporary exhibition open Feb. 5 - May 30
01/07/2005 - 26th Annual Collectors Day public program to be held Jan. 22
01/03/2005 - 'Squirmy Science' home school children's class offered