By popular demand, NHSM is expanding our public exhibit hours. Come for the Ice Age in Maryland exhibit featuring our wooly mammoth, and linger for more fossils, seashells, gemstones, archaeological artifacts, and other treasures. Admission is always free! Join us between 10 AM and 2 PM on the following First Sundays: March 3 April 7 […]
Upcoming Events
First Sundays Open House!
Museum Store Sunday – Shop with Purpose
NHSM joins more than 2,100 museum stores, across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, 25 countries, and five continents, participating in Museum Store Sunday. The museum will be open. Come explore, exercise your curiosity muscle, then pick up some great gifts that can be found nowhere else. Seriously. To make the event even more […]
Cost: $0
Fossil Club End-of-the-Year Party!
Another year is about to become extinct, but first there’s time for one more fossil club meeting! Join us for some light refreshments and networking. Bring fossils from your collection for show and tell; bring stories and anecdotes about cool sites to collect; bring a friend! Like all NHSM Club meetings, this event is free […]
Cost: $0-5
Movement of Life
Movement is essential for life on Earth. It connects ecosystems, drives key biological processes, and underpins healthy communities of people and wildlife. However, we are only just beginning to understand the ways that our rapidly changing planet is impacting the movement and survival of species. Dr. Lacey Hughey will explain how the Smithsonian’s Movement of Life […]
Cost: $0-5
Pines of Maryland: Evolution, Habitat, Threats and ID
How many pine tree species do you think grow wild in Maryland? According to the Maryland Biodiversity Program, the answer is 11. (Four are non-native.) These evergreen conifers may be one of the first trees one learns to identify as a child, but can you differentiate between a loblolly and a pitch pine? In this workshop taught by […]
Cost: $50-75
Insect Collections For Classrooms – A Teacher Training
An in-house collection of insects is an invaluable teaching resource. Collections may be the first encounter a student has with an insect. With captive insects, students are able to study morphology and taxonomy in detail and to learn about biodiversity, ecology, biology and more. In this course designed for classroom teachers, the major arthropod classes, […]
Cost: $0
Keeping Watch – The Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative
The Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative is a group of researchers, land managers, and government agencies who integrate science findings from local observations across the Chesapeake Bay region to improve planning and management decisions regarding sea level rise and ecological changes. For the past decade, members of the Cooperative have monitored marsh sites across the […]
Cost: $0-5
Gyotaku for Families: Japanese Fishprinting Workshop with Sue Fierston
It may be safe to safe that art and nature have a symbiotic relationship – feeding of and from each other. NHSM explores and celebrates this relationship in a series of Art and Nature Workshops.
Cost: $40-50
Below Charm City: An Archaeology of Baltimore
Like any urban area, Baltimore is filled with archaeological sites that reveal a side of the past not generally detailed in textbooks and traditional histories. Archaeologists are good at digging, literally and figuratively, into the daily lives of Baltimoreans, answering questions about diet, consumer choices, social and economic aspirations, gender roles, and working and living […]
Cost: $0-5
Oyster Harvest and Restoration History in the Chesapeake
As a keystone species, oysters are foundational for all life in the Chesapeake Bay. However, oyster populations are a shadow of their former selves. But there is hope. Through a variety of initiatives, the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) is working to write a new chapter for oysters in the Bay. David Sikorski, Executive Director for […]
Cost: $0-5