Press Room - All 2006 Releases
2006 Press Releases
11/22/2006 - K-5 science class offered Dec. 2
11/22/2006 - Plant scientists receive award for outstanding service
11/22/2006 - Museum hosts free student music variety show Nov. 30
11/03/2006 - Museum to display model of world's largest telescope; Two public events coincide with UF Astronomy Department exhibit
10/19/2006 - UF student wins $80,000 international conservation award for butterfly research
10/17/2006 - Museum to display ivory-billed woodpeckers beginning Thursday through Jan. 14, 2007
10/11/2006 - Museum opens new permanent outdoor wildflower, butterfly garden and indoor exhibit
09/26/2006 - Home-school 'Dinosaur Egg Hunt' classes offered in October
09/20/2006 - Register now for Oct. 14-15 inaugural Florida Butterfly Festival
09/14/2006 - Sept. 24 lecture explores new evidence of fossil porcupine
09/14/2006 - Museum offers "Dinosaurs and Eggs" preschool class Sept. 20
09/13/2006 - Museum seeks volunteers for Newberry fossil dig
09/13/2006 - Captive-bred endangered Miami blue butterfly caterpillars to be released in Biscayne National Park
09/06/2006 - 'Hatching the Past' dinosaur egg exhibit opens Sept. 16, opening day activities include lecture, family fun
09/01/2006 - Galleria artist to meet visitors during Museum Nights at Fla. Museum on Sept. 7
08/21/2006 - UF Botany student's scientific illustrations now on display at Fla. Museum
08/04/2006 - Inaugural Florida Butterfly Festival to be held Oct. 14-15
07/19/2006 - New volunteer orientation offered Aug. 26
06/27/2006 - Human-size digital moth prints by Joseph Scheer now on display
05/18/2006 - Florida Butterfly Festival photo contest entries due Sept. 15
05/17/2006 - Museum honors Leslie Klein as Volunteer of the Year
05/15/2006 - Museum to host adult quilting workshops, demos June 9-Aug. 31
05/15/2006 - Free family 'Discovery Room' opens June 12
05/15/2006 - Register now for middle, high school photo class
05/11/2006 - 'Quilting Natural Florida' exhibit to open June 10
04/27/2006 - Florida Museum scientist elected to National Academy of Sciences
04/18/2006 - Museum presents "Jerry Cutler: The Everglades Series" exhibit
04/18/2006 - East coast butterflies topic of Florida Museum lecture April 23
04/18/2006 - Florida Museum to celebrate Earth Day with special activities
04/17/2006 - Museum seeking summer junior volunteers ages 12-17
04/13/2006 - Museum fossil dig successful, more volunteers needed through May 13
04/06/2006 - Florida Museum, Alachua Astronomy Club present "Starry Night" April 13
04/04/2006 - April 9 lecture explores fossil teeth research on ancient ecology
03/31/2006 - Florida Museum, Harn Museum to host UF Cultural Plaza flight demonstration April 4
03/23/2006 - Museum presents 'Revealing the Deep' lecture March 30 by Daniel Fornari
03/21/2006 - 'Almost Gone' preschool class offered April 12
03/21/2006 - Museum hosts 'Bats & Butterflies: A Celebration of Pollinators' during Museum Nights April 6
03/10/2006 - Spring break camps lead k-5 students on outdoor exploration
03/10/2006 - Museum presents 'The Relic' at science movie night March 30
03/10/2006 - Museum to host 'Pollination Parade' March 25
03/07/2006 - Pre-registration required by March 27 for 'Beautiful Butterflies' home school classes
03/07/2006 - Museum presents 'Living Lights & Sparkling Seas' k-5 class March 24 during school holiday
02/13/2006 - 'Driving Me Buggy' preschool class offered March 8
02/09/2006 - Wild Florida frontier topic of Florida Museum lecture Feb. 19
02/03/2006 - Butterfly Rainforest to begin 2 p.m. weekend releases Feb. 11
01/27/2006 - Museum winter/spring 2006 public programs, lectures & classes
01/27/2006 - Museum offers k-5 'Amazing Adaptations' spring classes
01/27/2006 - 'Where the Wild Wood Grows' middle school class offered Feb. 25
01/27/2006 - Museum presents 'Tarzan' at Science Movie Night Feb. 16
01/25/2006 - 'Who's Home' preschool class offered Feb. 8
01/24/2006 - Museum hosts 27th Annual Collectors Day Feb. 11
01/20/2006 - 'Glow' exhibit opening activities held Jan. 28
01/20/2006 - Home school classes focus on fossils
01/18/2006 - Museum to hold inaugural Florida Butterfly Festival Oct. 14-15
01/17/2006 - Museum presents 'Anaconda' at science movie night
01/09/2006 - Museum to display botanical garden watercolors in new exhibit
01/09/2006 - 'Night and Day' preschool class offered Jan. 11