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- Dinosaurs of the Lost Continent
Judge Memorial High School Auditorium
Thursday, November 12 at 7:00pm - Celebrate Your Museum Day
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Saturday, September 26 at 9:30am - Farewell to Hipper & Hopper!
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Friday, September 11 at 3:00pm - UMNH at the Utah Green Festival
Conservation Garden Park
Saturday, September 12 at 9:00am - Scientist in the Spotlight: Ra...
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Friday, August 21 at 2:00pm - UMNH Traveling Treasures Famil...
Zions Bank
Thursday, August 13 at 5:30pm - Doctor Noize Concert and Songw...
On the lawn outside of the Utah Mus...
Saturday, August 1 at 2:00pm - Doctor Noize Concert and Songw...
On the lawn outside of the Utah Mus...
Saturday, August 1 at 2:00pm - UMNH Pioneer Day Weekend Special
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Friday, July 24 at 9:30am - Helen Thayer: Global Trekker
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Tuesday, July 21 at 4:30pm
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Utah Museum of Natural History
Utah Museum of Natural History
New thinking about what we're eating! The University of Utah Office of Sustainability will be screening "Fresh: The Movie" a new film by Ana Sofia Joanes. Following the 90-minute film, local chefs, farmers, and scientists will participate in a panel about the film's topics from a local perspective. Don't miss this i...mportant community discussion!
Tuesday November 17, 2009
6:30 p.m. followed by panel discussion and light refreshments
Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building, Room 101
The University of Utah Campus
All events are free and open to the public!
Panelists on Sustainable Alternatives include: Reggie Conerly of Chartwell's Catering, Dave Bell of Bell Organic Gardens, Chef Adam Kriesel of TIPICA Restaurant, Dr.Maureen Murtaugh of U of U Department of Nutrition Epidemiology, and Dr.Christy Porucznik of U of U Department of Public Health.
This special presentation of "Fresh: The Movie" is presented by Food Fest in partnership with the Utah Museum of Natural History, SlowFood Utah and the U of U Office of Sustainability.Read More
Tuesday November 17, 2009
6:30 p.m. followed by panel discussion and light refreshments
Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building, Room 101
The University of Utah Campus
All events are free and open to the public!
Panelists on Sustainable Alternatives include: Reggie Conerly of Chartwell's Catering, Dave Bell of Bell Organic Gardens, Chef Adam Kriesel of TIPICA Restaurant, Dr.Maureen Murtaugh of U of U Department of Nutrition Epidemiology, and Dr.Christy Porucznik of U of U Department of Public Health.
This special presentation of "Fresh: The Movie" is presented by Food Fest in partnership with the Utah Museum of Natural History, SlowFood Utah and the U of U Office of Sustainability.Read More
Source: www.freshthemovie.com
FRESH is a documentary featuring Michael Pollan, Will Allen and Joel Salatin which celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system.
Utah Museum of Natural History Just posted a conversation with "Dr. Scott" Sampson on the UMNH Book Talk blog. Check it out!
Source: umnhbooktalk.blogspot.com
Join the friends of the Utah Museum of Natural History to discuss a selection of books as vast as nature: science, environment, natural history, sustainable living, and more. Join the conversation about the natural world and the role of humans within it!
Utah Museum of Natural History For those of you with little ones in the house, check out the Facebook Dinosaur Train group!
Dinosaur Train embraces and celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains while encouraging basic scientific thinking and skills as the audience learns about life sc...
Utah Museum of Natural History Dinosaurs of the Lost Continent: Lecture by Scott Sampson! Don't miss it. This Thursday, November 12, 2009, 7:00 p.m. at Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City. Be a part of a great community event and the beginning of Scott's national book tour! General seating, open to the public. See you there!
Utah Museum of Natural History Scott D. Sampson, UMNH paleontology research curator, has just released the first "general audience" book on dinosaurs that has been published in twenty years. Read about the unprecedented era of dinosaur discovery that is happening, much of which comes from middle North-America, known by several as the Lost Continent!
Utah Museum of Natural History
Free admission to the Utah Museum of Natural History this saturday for Celebrate Your Museum Day! Come check out the new not-yet-named dinosaur skull on display in the Great Dino Hall,
and, in the lobby, a lovely exhibit featuring photos of Stephen Trimble called “Sagebrush Ocean”.
Free Admission All Day Long!
Time:9:30AM Saturday, September 26th
Location:Utah Museum of Natural History
Utah Museum of Natural History Meet Becca Rowe at this afternoon's Scientist in the Spotlight from 2-4 p.m. Becca will be on hand to talk ecology and evolution so stop by and we'll see you there!
Source: www.umnh.utah.edu
Utah Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City
Utah Museum of Natural History
All summer, Hipper & Hopper have been the faces of UMNH's Toadally Frogs exhibit. They have made multiple appearances around the community as well as performed regular live Museum Theater shows at the Museum. But now the show must come to an end.
The Toadally Frogs exhibit closes Monday, September 14. The final perfo...rmances of Hipper & Hopper will run Friday & Saturday. And, to give your family extra time to see both, UMNH will be open until 8:00 p.m. both Friday & Saturday! Performances at 3:00, 5:00, and 7:00 p.m.
More info at http://www.umnh.utah.edu/frogsRead More
The Toadally Frogs exhibit closes Monday, September 14. The final perfo...rmances of Hipper & Hopper will run Friday & Saturday. And, to give your family extra time to see both, UMNH will be open until 8:00 p.m. both Friday & Saturday! Performances at 3:00, 5:00, and 7:00 p.m.
More info at http://www.umnh.utah.edu/frogsRead More
The final curtain is falling
Time:3:00PM Friday, September 11th
Location:Utah Museum of Natural History
Utah Museum of Natural History
Goodnight, sweetheart, it's time to go!... The frogs hop out of town Monday 9/14, and this weekend holds the final performances of Hipper & Hopper: Two Toadally Awesome frogs who have taught and entertained us all summer! See them lead off the Avenues Street Fair on Saturday 9/12. And catch the final six performance...s at the Museum for special late hours! Open until 8:00 p.m. Friday 9/11 and Saturday 9/12!Read More
Utah Museum of Natural History Did you see the debut of Jim Henson's Dinosaur Train today? Here's some more info and another interview with our own Dr. Scott
Source: www.deseretnews.com
All aboard! Utah professor's PBS series on dinosaurs debuts Monday
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Dr. Scott Sampson talks about his live-action role in Jim Henson's Dinosaur Train, debuting on PBS (KUED-7 in Utah) this Monday. Meet Dr. Scott at the Museum today, Saturday, September 5, from 10 - 2. Visit http://www.umnh.utah.edu/dinosaurtrain for a Free Family Pass!
See you at the Museum!
Source: www.youtube.com
Paleontologist Scott Sampson is interviewed by video blogger Zadi Diaz (www.epicfu.com) as part of PBS's coverage of the 2009 Television Critics Association Press Tour (Aug 1-2, 2009). Sampson is the featured paleontologist on the PBS KIDS series DINOSAUR TRAIN. ...
Utah Museum of Natural History The UMNH Book Club begins the discussion of Wendell Berry's "The Gift of Good Land: Further Essays Cultural and Agricultural" Join us on the blog and at the Book Club discussion 9/21/09!
Source: umnhbooktalk.blogspot.com
Join the friends of the Utah Museum of Natural History to discuss a selection of books as vast as nature: science, environment, natural history, sustainable living, and more. Join the conversation about the natural world and the role of humans within it!
Utah Museum of Natural History Here's another one with Dr. Scott!
Utah Museum of Natural History Check out UMNH's Scott Sampson on Jim Henson's Dinosaur Train!. Meet Dr. Scott and Buddy, one of the show's characters, at the Museum on Saturday, September 5!
Utah Museum of Natural History
Check out photos of native Bingham Canyon copper being loaded onto the train -- it's headed to Buffalo, NY, where it will be processed to be installed on the front of the new Utah Museum of Natural History.
Join the UMNH Heavy Metal Tour facebook group to follow the copper!
