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First Day Hike

Field Experiences For the Family Open to the Public

Start the new year outside with naturalist Kerry Wixted on a wintery hike around Annapolis Waterworks Park. We will start hiking in a slightly hilly area filled with beech trees, then wind down to the former Annapolis reservoir. Let’s look for mammal signs and winter birds and practice winter botany skills along the way. Our […]

Cost: $10-25

First Sundays Open House – January 2025

  •   Sun, January 5, 2025, 10am - 10am

Community For the Family Open to the Public

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. You never know what the curators will bring out. Admission is always free! Join us between 10 AM and 2 PM!

Cost: $0

Bald Eagles at Conowingo Dam Field Experience

Photo by Bob Gilley

Field Experiences For the Family Open to the Public

Conowingo Fisherman’s Park holds a top spot in the US for viewing bald eagles. Eagles can be found year-round here, but during the winter months, their numbers soar. Eagles dot the trees and soar over the rapids, watching for shad, herring, and eels to bob up to the water’s surface, stunned by the dam’s turbines. […]

Cost: $10-25

Nature Connections: Nature’s Glow

For the Family Nature Connection Open to the Public

You may have just put away your Christmas lights but we still can light up your night! There are many animals, plants, minerals, and algae that glow in the dark. Some, like scorpions and calcite, only appear different under ultraviolet light. Others, like dinoflagellates and fireflies, are visible to the naked human eye. This may […]

Cost: $0

First Sundays Open House – February 2025

  •   Sun, February 2, 2025, 10am - 2pm

Community For the Family Open to the Public

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. You never know what the curators will bring out. Admission is always free! Join us between 10 AM and 2 PM!

Cost: $0