Utah Museum of Natural History
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Location:
Salt Lake City, UT, 84112
Phone:
801-581-6927
Mon:
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
9:30 am - 8:00 pm
Tues - Sat:
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Sun:
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Utah Museum of Natural History

 
Utah Museum of Natural History

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...
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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!

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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!

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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
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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
Gina Marie
Gina Marie
Wish I didn't have to work :(
September 18 at 8:38am
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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/frogs
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The final curtain is falling
Time:3:00PM Friday, September 11th
Location:Utah Museum of Natural History
Utah Museum of Natural History
Utah Museum of Natural History
Thanks to everyone who braved the rain & thunder to say farewell! The popsicles were cold for a rainy day, but seemed to be enjoyed nonetheless. Ribbit Baby!
September 16 at 7:38pm
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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

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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
Mary Theresa Migliorelli
Mary Theresa Migliorelli
How did I not see this coming? With the popularity of Thomas the Tank Engine and Barney some years ago, I wish I would have thought of the DinoTrain idea first. Congrats, KUED7 & UMNH!
September 7 at 7:23pm
Carolyn Frank Pennington
Carolyn Frank Pennington
This sounds like so much fun! Carolyn@WhatsHappeningUtah.com
September 7 at 9:53pm
Utah Museum of Natural History
Utah Museum of Natural History
When my kids were young, mother's found daily solace in "Steve" of Blue's Clues. Today's young mom's may find the same in a daily dose of Dr. Scott! :)
September 10 at 7:39am
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Utah Museum of Natural History 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. ...
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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!
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Utah Museum of Natural History Here's another one with Dr. Scott!

Source: pbskids.org
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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!

Source: pbskids.org
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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!

Utah Museum of Natural History

Utah Museum of Natural History
Randy Irmis is the new curator of paleontology at the Utah Museum of Natural History. His field team spent the summer in Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. Come meet Randy, find out what he did this summer, and learn more about what scientists are discovering about dinosaurs in and around Utah!

Twice each month, UMNH offers t...he public the chance to meet a working scientist from the Museum, the University, or somewhere in Utah. These informal, drop-in Scientist in the Spotlight events allow smart kids and grown-ups alike to talk with scientists about their research field, and participate in science by making observations, asking questions, and doing hands-on activities.

For a complete schedule, visit http://www.umnh.utah.edu/spotlight
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Get face-to-face with UMNH Paleontologist!
Time:2:00PM Friday, August 21st
Location:Utah Museum of Natural History
Utah Museum of Natural History
Utah Museum of Natural History
Randy isn't really 12, he just looks like it! :)
August 18 at 3:50pm
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Utah Museum of Natural History Our friends at the Community Foundation of Utah sent this link over today. I love hearing what these teens have to say. What about you??

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