Press Room - Public Programs
Public Programs - Press Releases
02/9/2012 - Monthly presentation series discusses fossils, paleontology at Florida Museum
02/8/2012 - Bring fossils, questions to museum 'Ask a Paleontologist' events February through May
01/31/2012 - Florida Museum free public engagement in science speaker series begins Feb. 6
01/27/2012 - Florida Museum continues free student admission 'A for Science' program
01/18/2012 - Ye'kwana artisans to showcase traditional artwork at Florida Museum
01/17/2012 - Florida Museum releases iPhone app for bird, butterfly and plant identification
01/13/2012 - Explore unique treasures during Collectors Day Jan. 21 at the Florida Museum
01/06/2012 - Florida Museum spring Science Café series explores variety of topics beginning Jan. 17
01/06/2012 - Florida Museum day camp for grades K-5 Jan. 20 explores archaeology
11/01/2011 - Florida Museum expands 'A for Science' free admission program to entire state
10/27/2011 - Museum offers free opportunity for volunteer fossil diggers through Nov. 20
10/24/2011 - Explore the universe during Starry Night Nov. 3 at the Florida Museum
10/04/2011 - Florida Museum plans full weekend of activities for ButterflyFest Oct. 22-23
09/22/2011 - Museum begins three-year campaign Oct. 15 to fund permanent 'Discovery Room'
09/22/2011 - Florida Museum's first free 'Science Café' Oct. 6 explores seafood choices
09/08/2011 - Florida Museum hosts 'Drums and Dance' fall music series
08/22/2011 - Florida Museum Pollinator Photo Contest entries accepted today through Sept. 9
08/08/2011 - Popularity prompts museum to extend opening of 'Discovery Room' activity area
08/02/2011 - Florida Museum 'Celebration of Sound' Aug. 26 explores cultural traditions
07/05/2011 - Harvard lepidopterist Naomi Pierce to speak at ButterflyFest Oct. 22-23
07/01/2011 - Florida Museum offers night of wild music July 15 as part of 'Creative B' program
05/17/2011 - Register now for summer traveling birthday parties from the Florida Museum
05/03/2011 - Join the Florida Museum for sixth annual ButterflyFest Oct. 22- 23
04/28/2011 - Florida Museum of Natural History to open popular 'Discovery Room' May 28
03/28/2011 - Dig into geology at the Florida Museum during 'Can You Dig It?' April 16
03/17/2011 - Photographer Carlton Ward, Jr. to give special presentation at Florida Museum March 31
03/01/2011 - Florida Museum seeks summer junior volunteers ages 12-17
02/24/2011 - Grab your knapsack and spend the night at the Florida Museum March 12
02/08/2011 - Florida Museum of Natural History guided fossil exhibit tours begin Feb. 19
02/03/2011 - Students to explore space during Florida Museum school holiday class Feb. 21
01/12/2011 - Cattle ranching, cowboy exhibits open Feb. 12 at Florida Museum
01/18/2011 - Join the Florida Museum for Collectors Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday
12/10/2010 - Calling all collectors! Register by Dec. 31 for Fla. Museum annual event in January
12/08/2010 - Bring your children to the Fla. Museum for a 'Playful Escape' during the holidays
11/01/2010 - Fla. Museum hosts 12th annual 'Trashformations' art competition Nov. 19
11/01/2010 - Florida Museum revives popular 'A for Science' free student admission offer
10/28/2010 - Explore the sky during Starry Night Nov. 12 at the Florida Museum
10/25/2010 - Florida Museum announces second annual ButterflyFest photo contest winners
10/21/2010 - ButterflyFest offers activities for all ages, including butterfly releases, plant sale
10/01/2010 - 'Symbiosis: Butterflies, Moths and Plants' opens Oct. 19 at Florida Museum
10/01/2010 - Monarch Watch program founder to speak during ButterflyFest Oct. 23-24
07/27/2010 - Florida Museum adds Friday butterfly plant sales; plan now for first gardening contest
06/14/2010 - 'Discovery Room' opens June 21
06/11/2010 - Enter Florida Museum's first ButterflyFest gardening contest Aug. 23 – Sept. 10
05/17/2010 - Don't miss Florida Museum summer exhibits, camps, events
05/06/2010 - 'CSI: Crime Scene Insects' opens Saturday at Florida Museum
04/16/2010 - Celebrate 40th anniversary of Earth Day with museums at UF Cultural Plaza
03/05/2010 - PBS 'Dinosaur Train' host Dr. Scott, T-rex Buddy to appear at Museum March 26
03/03/2010 - Museum resumes weekend butterfly plant sales
03/01/2010 - Museum, WUFT-TV to host paleontologist Scott Sampson for free lecture March 25
02/24/2010 - Explore geology with 'Can You Dig It?' March 20
02/11/2010 - Reserve your spot now for Museum 'Passport to Key West' Feb. 26
02/01/2010 - Museum to screen 'The Philosopher Kings' with custodian Melinda Augustus Feb. 16
01/20/2010 - Spend the night at the Florida Museum of Natural History Feb. 27
12/22/2009 - Register by Dec. 31 to display during Collectors Day Jan. 23, 2010
11/09/2009 - 'Passport to Key West' benefit scheduled for Feb. 26, 2010
11/05/2009 - Museum hosts 11th annual "Trashformations" recycled art competition
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
09/25/2009 - 'Amazon Voyage' interactive exhibit opening Oct. 3 features special activities
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
08/26/2009 - Fall programs, exhibits announced
08/13/2009 - Submit ButterflyFest photo contest entries beginning Saturday with these helpful tips
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
06/16/2009 - Spend the night at the Museum this September
06/16/2009 - Museum brings the birthday party to you!
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
04/01/2009 - Crawl, climb and fly with 'Amazing Butterflies' at Florida Museum beginning June 13
03/11/2009 - 'Can You Dig It?' returns to the Museum March 19
02/16/2009 - Don't miss Fla. Museum spring exhibits, events, classes
02/09/2009 - Celebrate Darwin's 200th birthday with events Thursday, Saturday
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
12/15/2008 - Museum to celebrate Darwin's 200th birthday Feb. 12, 14, 2009
12/09/2008 - Fla. Museum, Harn Museum to host arts and sciences event Jan. 11
12/03/2008 - Butterfly mating behavior, evolution topic of Sunday presentation
11/12/2008 - Undergraduate creativity in arts, sciences celebrated at Fla. Museum, Harn Museum
10/31/2008 - 'Trashformations' recycled art competition, show hosted during Museum Nights
10/29/2008 - Science Sunday presentation focuses on Florida's last Ice Age
10/15/2008 - Rare fossil butterflies to be displayed during ButterflyFest this weekend
10/06/2008 - Tagged monarchs to be released during ButterflyFest Oct. 18-19
09/18/2008 - Explore 'gross' science of human body beginning Sept. 27
08/21/2008 - Local storyteller to give 'Inside Africa' exhibit talk Aug. 30
08/18/2008 - Fall exhibits, events, classes announced
07/22/2008 - Historian Jon Sensbach to give 'Living Exhibit' talk Aug. 2
07/17/2008 - State budget cuts result in early closure of Museum Discovery Room
06/11/2008 - Art history professor Robin Poynor to give 'Living Exhibit' talk June 21
06/03/2008 - Museum to host third annual ButterflyFest Oct. 18-19 at UF Cultural Plaza
05/28/2008 - 'Living Exhibit' talk with artist Mary Jane Volkmann hosted on June 7
04/09/2008 - Become a stargazer at Florida Museum's "Starry Night" April 17
04/07/2008 - Florida Museum, Harn Museum host annual Earth Day celebration April 19
04/02/2008 - Museum hosts "Science Sunday" lecture April 6
03/31/2008 - Museum to display African-inspired works by Mary Jane Volkmann; Artist plans 'Living Exhibit' talk June 7
03/20/2008 - Uncover Earth's secrets during 'Can You Dig It?' on March 27
03/13/2008 - Sunday lecture examines climate change, global warming
02/25/2008 - Museum to show award-winning 'Gimme Green,' host filmmaker Thursday during Museum Nights
02/12/2008 - Trip to Galapagos makes perfect Valentine's Day gift
02/08/2008 - "Wigglers and Walkers" preschool series begins Feb. 20
02/08/2008 - Learn about 'Science of Love' at Fla. Museum this Valentine's Day
02/08/2008 - Museum to host 200 preschoolers during first "Pre-K Day" Feb. 12
01/31/2008 - Museum announces spring exhibits, events, classes
12/21/2007 - Visiting fossil shark paleontologist to give Megalodon exhibit talks Dec. 26-Jan. 1, 2008
12/20/2007 - Museum's Randell Center site hosts portion of Pine Island weekend events Jan. 11-12
12/10/2007 - 29th annual Collectors Day hosted on Jan. 5
11/15/2007 - Presentation on history of state's forests offered Dec. 2
11/15/2007 - Florida Museum "Passport" benefit scheduled for March 7, 2008
10/15/2007 - Variety of exhibits, events, classes offered for fall
10/15/2007 - Museum archaeologist explores role of myths in history during Oct. 28 program
10/05/2007 - Museum to release tagged, live Monarchs at ButterflyFest Oct. 13-14
10/02/2007 - Advance ButterflyFest tickets now on sale for Oct. 13-14 event
09/28/2007 - Register by Nov. 21 deadline for Museum's 29th Annual Collectors Day
09/19/2007 - Sept. 29 event focuses on writer Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'
09/18/2007 - Register before Oct. 5 deadline for ButterflyFest field trips, behind-the-scenes tours
09/12/2007 - Fall preschool activities begin Sept. 19
09/05/2007 - Rich fossil dig site near Newberry subject of Museum program Sept. 9
08/23/2007 - Headline entertainment for ButterflyFest Oct. 13-14 announced
08/23/2007 - Shark expert George Burgess to speak at Aug. 30 'Jaws' science movie night
08/10/2007 - Museum to host additional live butterfly releases on weekends
07/05/2007 - UF students admitted free to Butterfly Rainforest during Museum Nights July 12
07/02/2007 - Popular Discovery Room family activity area reopens today
06/26/2007 - Museum completes grant-funded native wildflower, butterfly education projects
06/19/2007 - Caribbean archaeology symposium hosted June 29, public welcome
06/11/2007 - Museum offers special programs for shark exhibit opening Saturday
05/31/2007 - New shark exhibit opens June 16 featuring 60-foot-long Megalodon
04/12/2007 - Florida Museum, Harn Museum of Art celebrate Earth Day April 21
04/09/2007 - Enjoy family fun during 'Starry Nights' event April 12
03/30/2007 - Butterfly Rainforest open until 8 p.m. on April 5
03/12/2007 - Dig for treasure during Museum Nights at the Museum March 22
03/12/2007 - 'Science Sundays' presentation on manatees offered March 18
02/26/2007 - Explore the wonder of caves on March 3
02/26/2007 - Explore Tibet exhibit, view trilogy movies on March 1, 8
02/05/2007 - Museum presents 'Candle Light Jazz Night' Feb.15
02/03/2007 - See Tibetan monks create sand mandala at Museum
01/29/2007 - Museum hosts evolution vs. intelligent design documentary screening Feb. 12
01/29/2007 - Register now for annual Thomas Farm fossil dig
01/28/2007 - Feb. 11 presentation covers 100 years of physics
01/28/2007 - Museum presents Tibet exhibit opening activities Feb. 3
01/23/2007 - Museum hosts Jan. 28 workshop on selecting children's books
01/02/2007 - Museum hosts 28th Annual Collectors Day on Jan. 20
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
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
09/06/2006 - '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
08/04/2006 - Inaugural Florida Butterfly Festival to be held Oct. 14-15
07/19/2006 - New volunteer orientation offered Aug. 26
05/18/2006 - Florida Butterfly Festival photo contest entries due Sept. 15
05/15/2006 - Museum to host adult quilting workshops, demos June 9-Aug. 31
05/15/2006 - Free family 'Discovery Room' opens June 12
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
04/13/2006 - 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 - Museum hosts 'Bats & Butterflies: A Celebration of Pollinators' during Museum Nights April 6
03/10/2006 - Museum presents 'The Relic' at science movie night March 30
03/10/2006 - Museum to host 'Pollination Parade' March 25
02/09/2006 - Wild Florida frontier topic of Florida Museum lecture Feb. 19
01/27/2006 - Museum winter/spring 2006 public programs, lectures & classes
01/27/2006 - Museum presents 'Tarzan' at Science Movie Night Feb. 16
01/24/2006 - Museum hosts 27th Annual Collectors Day Feb. 11
01/20/2006 - 'Glow' exhibit opening activities held Jan. 28
01/18/2006 - Museum to hold inaugural Florida Butterfly Festival Oct. 14-15
01/17/2006 - Museum presents 'Anaconda' at science movie night
12/14/2005 - Museum to host lecture on evolution, intelligent design debate
11/23/2005 - Museum hosts John Moran book signing Dec. 11
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 - Museum, astronomy club offer Mars viewing Nov. 12
10/26/2005 - UF to present Florida Museum McGuire Center green building case study Friday Oct. 28
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
09/30/2005 - "Florida's Past Comes Alive" Oct. 14 at Fla. Museum
09/27/2005 - Museum to host free Saturday concert by the Kastles
09/23/2005 - McGuire Center presents public lecture by renowned ecologist
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
04/27/2005 - Curator presents lecture on island birds May 1
04/07/2005 - Lecture focuses on use of lice in human evolution studies
03/31/2005 - Free Finding Florida Fossils program offered
03/21/2005 - Museum hosts last Florida eclipse viewing until 2014
03/15/2005 - Free program exploring local food chains to be held March 26
02/25/2005 - 14th annual Thomas Farm fossil dig offered
02/04/2005 - Lecture on the chemistry behind life to be held at Fla. Museum
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 - 26th Annual Collectors Day public program to be held Jan. 22