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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Go Stargazing! July edition
Jupiter becomes a late evening object by the end of the month. It rises in the southeast just after 11 p.m. on July 1, although you may need to wait awhile for it to clear trees or buildings in that direction. By month’s end, Jupiter rises at 9 p.m. — in late twilight...
Thu at 6:26pm
Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Book List: Warfare and Soldiers
HMNS is currently hostingthree special exhibitions, two of which areGenghis Khan and Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor, so the topic for this month’s booklistis soldiers and warfare...
Wed at 4:32pm
Christina
Christina at 8:43pm July 1
Genghis Khan is excellent! Truly exciting. Terra Cotta - a little bit boring but it helps if you go to the Forbidden Gardens in Katy PRIOR to seeing this exhibit. DIAMOND Exhibit - beautiful gems but still nothing compares to the ones the museum already has in the vault.
Charlotte
Charlotte at 7:27am July 2
Yes I've been to the Forbidden Gardens in Katy also. I enjoyed both places.
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

100 Years - 100 Objects: Phosphophyllite
The Houston Museum of Natural Science was founded in 1909 - meaning that the curators of the Houston Museum of Natural Science have been collecting and preserving natural and cultural treasures for a hundred years now...
June 30 at 2:25pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science We're loving all the fan photos of the Cockrell Butterfly Center! Share your Museum photos with us here, or on our Flickr group page.

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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.
June 30 at 11:15am
Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston Museum of Natural Science

June Flickr Photo of the Month: Bananagrams
This month’s featured photographer is Sulla55. On Valentine’sweekend we had several of our photographer friends from Flickr come to the museum to participate in Wikipedia Loves Art, a contest aimed at illustrating Wikipedia articles...
June 29 at 5:17pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Where have all the sunspots gone?
We are now just past the summer solstice, which occurred at 12:45am CDT on June 21. Anyone willing to brave the almost 100 degree heat can go out to our sundial and project a real image of the Sun -which would reveal ifany sunspots arepresent...
June 26 at 3:33pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science Sunspots appear dark - only because they are adjacent to much brighter areas of the sun's surface. If you could take them out of the sun, they would shine quite brightly on their own.

Where have all the sunspots gone? | BEYONDbones
Source: bit.ly
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June 26 at 2:57pm
Ana
Ana at 8:09am June 29
Don't forget to "look up" into the night sky very early in the morning of August 12 to see the 2009 Perseid Meteor shower. You can go to the George Observatory in Brazos Bend State Park (for us in Houston area) or if you neighborhood has little light pollution, you can view the 'shower' from your backyard...I'll remind you when August 12 gets closer...AM
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Houston Museum of Natural Science at 11:13am June 30
Thanks, Ana Maria! The Perseid meteor shower is one of the best parts of summer. More information on the George Observatory (including how to get there): http://www.hmns.org/see_do/george_observatory.asp
Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Mastodons in Manhattan? Or, Pachyderms of the Pleistocene
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June 25 at 10:04am
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Houston Museum of Natural Science Mastodons in Manhattan? 12,000 years ago they ruled the boggy forests that have now been transformed into one of the world's largest cities. HMNS curator of paleontology Dr. Robert Bakker discusses these "hairy monsters" in this video preview of "Prehistoric New York." (The full program airs 8 p.m. this Sunday on Discovery Channel.)

Prehistoric New York: Mastodons : Video : Discovery Channel
Source: dsc.discovery.com
Huge American mastodons loved to roam the bogs and wetlands of ancient New York and New Jersey.
June 25 at 7:55am
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

100 Years - 100 Obejcts: Haliotis dalli
The Houston Museum of Natural Science was founded in 1909 - meaning that the curators of the Houston Museum of Natural Science have been collecting and preserving natural and cultural treasures for a hundred years now...
June 24 at 3:11pm
Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Cool out with Molly & the Ringwalds at Mixers!
It’s summer in Houston and that means that the humidity is knocking at the door. Most ladies dread that frizzed out hair look, but not you...
June 24 at 3:11pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

“Bird-Airplane” Collisions and Forensic Ornithology
The New York Times recently published an article, Trafficking in Contraband that Sings, on birds from Guyana that were being smuggled into the US for singing competitions. Strangely enough, these competitionsare judgedbyhumans and not by female birds...
June 24 at 3:11pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Walk like a bird: a dino-track puzzle
Here’s a map of dino tracks, made by anAnomoepus. It was an Early Jurassic omnivore (ate plants and animals) but it had feet like those of early meat-eaters’. Run your finger around the tracks...
June 22 at 1:34pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Look What I Found! Exotic insects in the Houston area
I know I tend to “toot the horns”of the exotic insects that we have here at the Cockrell Butterfly Center. They really are incredible and most people, including myself (for now at least),would not get the chance to see these animals without traveling to their individual countries of origin...
June 22 at 1:34pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

100 Years - 100 Objects: Pink Pigeon
The Houston Museum of Natural Science was founded in 1909 - meaning that the curators of the Houston Museum of Natural Science have been collecting and preserving natural and cultural treasures for a hundred years now...
June 22 at 1:34pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science Look around the next time you're outside - you could find an exotic insect! Check out two Houstonians surprising finds at this link.

Look What I Found! Exotic insects in the Houston area | BEYONDbones
Source: blog.hmns.org
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June 18 at 2:44pm
Samarria Williams

Samarria Williams be there friday with my dance shoes, make sure the dj bang that urban!

June 17 at 9:50pm · Report
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Mixers & Elixirs featuring The Chromatics
It’s back! Come mix and mingle this summer at Mixers & Elixirs. With a great live music, great food and a cash bar, what’s not to look forward to every Friday night? Come get ...
Host:Houston Museum of Natural Science
Time:6:00PM Friday, July 31st
Location:Houston Museum of Natural Science
June 16 at 1:17pm · RSVP to this event
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Conservators - Collections’ Heroes
There are many posts on this blog about the HMNS collections, especially those objects that are being highlighted by the curators for the centennial. Acquiring objects -whether by donation, exchange or purchase -is part of the mission for most museums...
June 16 at 1:07pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Mixers & Elixirs featuring Mambo Jazz Kings
It’s back! Come mix and mingle this summer at Mixers & Elixirs. With a great live music, great food and a cash bar, what’s not to look forward to every Friday night? Come get ...
Host:Houston Museum of Natural Science
Time:6:00PM Friday, July 24th
Location:Houston Museum of Natural Science
June 16 at 1:06pm · RSVP to this event
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Mixers & Elixirs featuring Mango Punch
It’s back! Come mix and mingle this summer at Mixers & Elixirs. With a great live music, great food and a cash bar, what’s not to look forward to every Friday night? Come get ...
Host:Houston Museum of Natural Science
Time:6:00PM Friday, July 17th
Location:Houston Museum of Natural Science
June 16 at 12:59pm · RSVP to this event
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Mixers & Elixirs featuring The Fab 5
It’s back! Come mix and mingle this summer at Mixers & Elixirs. With a great live music, great food and a cash bar, what’s not to look forward to every Friday night? Come get ...
Host:Houston Museum of Natural Science
Time:6:00PM Friday, July 10th
Location:Houston Museum of Natural Science
June 16 at 12:47pm · RSVP to this event
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Blue Suede Shoes, The Handsomes and You!
Like a new pair of blue suede shoes, The Handsomes have the finesse and character to get anyone on their feet and and rocking to ska, reggae, funk, soul, rock, or whatever is the next card up their sleeves...
June 16 at 10:15am
Allan Smalley

Allan Smalley Glad to see Lucy is getting some company and a famous place to show them off.

June 15 at 7:36pm · Report
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

Famous Fossil “Ida” (Plate B) Joins Lucy on display in New York
We are very excited to haverecently announced the next venue for Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia: Times Square...
June 15 at 1:59pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science Ida, the recently unveiled 47-million-year-old mammal fossil, will be on display in the HMNS exhibit "Lucy's Legacy," when it opens in Times Square on June 24.

Famous fossils to go on display in Times Square - Science Fair - USATODAY.com
Source: blogs.usatoday.com
A fossil controversy lollapalooza heads for the Big Apple later this month, exhibitors announced Monday. On display, Ida, the 47-million-year-old fossil primate made famous last month by publicity campaign, joins Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old fossil early human found four decades...
June 15 at 11:36am
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Houston Museum of Natural Science at 11:42am June 15
PS - you can get all the latest news about Lucy in NY by joining the exhibit's fan page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Lucys-Legacy-in-Times-Square/89466329315?ref=nf
Toni
Toni at 5:01pm June 15
i have evidence that she is actually 3.3 million years old.
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Houston Museum of Natural Science

HMNS Summer Camps: Survivor
Summer is a time for exploring and growing, and there is no better place for learning and fun than at HMNS Xplorations Summer Camps! Campers can take week-long classes inarchaeology, creepy crawlies, the science behind Harry Potter, dinosaurs, robots, crime scene investigation and much more...
June 12 at 5:10pm
Vincent
Vincent at 7:44pm June 12
seconded
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Houston Museum of Natural Science Heading to NYC this summer? Or, know any science-lovers in the area? The world's most famous fossil will soon be on display it the world's best-known destination - don't miss Lucy's Legacy in Times Square!

Lucy's Legacy in Times Square
Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia opens at Discovery Times Square Exposition™, a new state-of-the-art exhibition facility located in the former printing presses...
Non-Profit:50 fans
June 12 at 12:42pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science Only 15 tickets left for tonight's Terra Cotta Warriors VIP Party - get them before they're gone! http://bit.ly/17QmvX

Terra Cotta Warriors VIP Party - Date Selection
Source: bit.ly
The Houston Museum of Natural Science would like to invite you to an event to celebrate the Eighth Wonder of the World in style. Buy your ticket for the Terra Cotta Warriors VIP Party to view the exhibit at your leisure, query the curator, enjoy complimentary appetizers and the cash bar. ...
June 11 at 3:34pm
Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Salsa Nights are back with Mixers & Elixirs!
Last Friday, hundreds of Houstonians gatheredto kick off the 2009 Mixers & Elixirs season with Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters. As people packed the dance floor, we boogied down to the soulful tunes that Grady and his band belted out...
June 11 at 1:34pm
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Michelle
Michelle at 8:32am June 12
what other nights are salsa night? besides tonight?
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Houston Museum of Natural Science at 1:51pm June 12
You should check out Mango Punch (July 17) and Grupo Ka-Che (Aug. 28 - final Mixer; this band always brings down the house). If you're into Latin in general you might also like Mambo Jazz Kings (July 24) and Grupo Batacha (Aug. 14). You can preview all the bands' music at mixershouston.hmns.org - click "Schedule." See you there!
Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston Museum of Natural Science

100 Years - 100 Objects: Thatcher Calculator
The Houston Museum of Natural Science was founded in 1909 - meaning that the curators of the Houston Museum of Natural Science have been collecting and preserving natural and cultural treasures for a hundred years now...
June 10 at 4:24pm
Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Reasons for the Seasons
If you have been outside lately, you may have noticed a slight increase in sweaty people around you, and potentially an increased amount of personal perspiration. You may long for the chill ofthe lukewarmDecembers Mother Nature promises you as a Houstonian...
June 9 at 4:26pm
Elise
Elise at 5:44pm June 9
I'm probably the only Houstonian that LIKES the heat XD
Donna
Donna at 7:12pm June 9
Nope your not the only one. I love the heat in Houston and am always cold in the Museum, so I always bring my sweater.;o)
Scott
Scott at 7:22pm June 9
Love the heat.
Houston Museum of Natural Science

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Question for the Curator: Possible hammerstone?
We recently recieved a question through our blog from Savannah, who was wondering if a rock she had found might have once been used as a knapper’s hammer. It seemed to fit perfectly in the hand and had a great place for the thumb to grip it...
June 8 at 3:10pm
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Houston Museum of Natural Science commented on their own note Salsa Nights are back with Mixers & Elixirs!
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