Press Room - All 2009 Releases
2009 Press Releases
11/18/2009 - Museum seeks new volunteers; Orientation scheduled for Dec. 3
11/12/2009 - 'Quilting Natural Florida II' exhibit to open Feb. 6
11/10/2009 - Museum receives $500,000 NSF grant to curate Lepidoptera collection
11/09/2009 - 'Passport to Key West' benefit scheduled for Feb. 26, 2010
11/05/2009 - Museum hosts 11th annual "Trashformations" recycled art competition
11/03/2009 - Museum, IFAS receive new NSF grant for butterfly education project
11/02/2009 - Shark exhibit that began in High Springs traveling far and wide
10/27/2009 - ButterflyFest photo contest winners announced
10/23/2009 - New Lepidoptera education exhibits unveiled for ButterflyFest
10/19/2009 - ButterflyFest this weekend features tagged monarch releases, plant sale
10/15/2009 - Plant fossils give first real picture of earliest Neotropical rainforests
10/13/2009 - Donation of Lepidoptera collection will boost biodiversity research
10/12/2009 - Museum to host national butterfly conservation workshop
10/06/2009 - Ninth annual free volunteer fossil dig announced
10/01/2009 - National UF butterfly science curriculum engages kids as scientists
09/25/2009 - 'Amazon Voyage' interactive exhibit opening Oct. 3 features special activities
09/14/2009 - Museum researcher receives $900,000 grant for worldwide human lice study
09/10/2009 - Starry Night event celebrates the universe Sept. 25
09/09/2009 - Join the Florida Museum, UF Cultural Plaza for Friday Night Sights
08/31/2009 - Graduate student receives NSF research fellowship award
08/26/2009 - Fall programs, exhibits announced
08/25/2009 - Museum to open 'Amazon Voyage' exhibit Oct. 3
08/17/2009 - Florida Museum "Family Nature" wildlife photo exhibit opens Thursday
08/13/2009 - Submit ButterflyFest photo contest entries beginning Saturday with these helpful tips
07/28/2009 - Photo: Florida Speaker Larry Cretul examines Burmese python at Florida Museum
07/27/2009 - Museum to host fourth annual ButterflyFest Oct. 24-25, online registration now available
07/21/2009 - Audubon Society, Smokey Bear to appear at Museum's Discovery Room
07/15/2009 - Student Government to sponsor CSI exhibit; UF students admitted free
07/08/2009 - Graduate student receives NSF research fellowship award
06/22/2009 - 54-million-year-old skull reveals early evolution of primate brains
06/16/2009 - Spend the night at the Museum this September
06/16/2009 - Museum brings the birthday party to you!
06/09/2009 - 'Amazing Butterflies' interactive maze exhibit opens Saturday June 13
06/09/2009 - Alachua County students' 'A' in science earns free Butterfly Rainforest admission
06/03/2009 - Study finds ancient mammals shifted diets as climate change
05/20/2009 - Space available in summer field camps for grades 5, 6
05/20/2009 - Museum scientist receives UF assistant professor excellence award
05/20/2009 - Grant for Florida wildflower and butterfly education received
05/05/2009 - Museum researcher wins award for excellence in tropical botany
04/29/2009 - Museum volunteer of year wins Work of Heart Award
04/27/2009 - Museum featured in National Geographic "Prehistoric Predators" TV series
04/15/2009 - Drew Fulton Everglades photography exhibit opens April 16
04/07/2009 - Harn Museum, Florida Museum host annual Earth Day celebration April 18
04/04/2009 - Award-winning history painter Jackson Walker hosted April 19
04/02/2009 - Florida Museum names volunteers of year
04/01/2009 - Crawl, climb and fly with 'Amazing Butterflies' at Florida Museum beginning June 13
03/12/2009 - Study: Preserved shark fossil adds evidence to great white's origins
03/11/2009 - 'Can You Dig It?' returns to the Museum March 19
03/09/2009 - Wigglers and Walkers series hosted March 18, April 15
03/09/2009 - Museum seeks summer junior volunteers ages 12-17
02/19/2009 - Shark attacks decline worldwide in midst of economic recession
02/19/2009 - Giant snake fossils on display through March 4
02/16/2009 - Don't miss Fla. Museum spring exhibits, events, classes
02/16/2009 - Now register online for Fla. Museum school holiday, spring break classes, camps
02/09/2009 - Celebrate Darwin's 200th birthday with events Thursday, Saturday
02/05/2009 - Study: Rapid burst of flowering plants set stage for other species
02/04/2009 - Museum researchers discover world's largest snake – 45 feet long – in Colombia
02/02/2009 - Florida Museum Everglades double feature opens Saturday; Opening day activities feature photographer Clyde Butcher
01/08/2009 - Museum to host 30th annual Collectors Day Jan. 24
01/06/2009 - See top student talent in arts, sciences Sunday at Fla. Museum, Harn Museum