Unleash your imagiNATURE Created in partnership with the Maryland Museum of Natural Sciences, this exhibition pairs objects from the museum’s collection with works by contemporary artists whose practices explore, interpret, and investigate the natural world. By bringing art and science into dialogue, the exhibition offers new ways of understanding the environments, organisms, and forces that […]
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imagiNATURE Exhibition @ The Gallery at CCBC Essex
Felt a Mushroom
Arguably the most iconic toadstool species, Amanita muscaria, the fly agaric is one of the most recognizable fungi in the world, and is widely encountered in popular culture. In this class, instructor, Gayle Matheus will guide you through dry and wet felting techniques to create a clump of mushrooms with some embellishments that will look […]
Cost: $45-60
Following the Footprints: 2026 National Fossil Day – Nature Connections
National Fossil Day is a day to celebrate and learn about fossils, paleontology, and the history of life on Earth. It’s a day to promote scientific exploration, environmental stewardship, and fossil discovery. The 2026 theme is “Following the Footprints” At the Maryland Museum of Natural Sciences Nature Connection, we will highlight dinosaur footprints from our […]
Cost: $0
Fossil Kits for Classrooms: Educator Training (October)
Put Ancient Life in Your Students’ Hands The Maryland Museum of Natural Sciences’ Fossil Kit Training is a hands‑on workshop designed for educators of all subjects and grade levels who want to teach Earth’s story using real specimens. During this interactive session, participants explore Maryland’s geologic timeline, fossilization processes, extinction events, and the ancient plants […]
Cost: $10
Story Makers with Common Tone (ages 1-5 years)
This fall, we are teaming up with Common Tone to bring Story Makers to the Maryland Museum of Natural Sciences. Designed for children aged 1-5 and their caregivers, each session will include a family craft and music event that explores a story through songs, art, movement, and play. Children will create and take home a craft inspired […]
Cost: $0-120
October Lep Club: Photo-sharing!
Please join us for our final meeting for the season as we set up the projector for some of our Lep Club members to showcase a few of the leps they have observed during NHSM moth nights and in the garden this season. This format will also provide an excellent opportunity for discussion about species […]
Cost: $0-0
Many Legs, Many Lives, the Natural History of the Myriapoda of Eastern North America
Sure, you’ve spotted a millipede on a hike — but have you ever met its 200 cousins? Sure, you’ve spotted a millipede on a hike, but have you met its 200 cousins? The myriapod world is far richer and stranger than most people realize. Dr. Derek Hennen will introduce you to the full cast of millipedes, centipedes, […]
Cost: $0-5
Story Makers with Common Tone (ages 1-5 years)
This fall, we are teaming up with Common Tone to bring Story Makers to the Maryland Museum of Natural Sciences. Designed for children aged 1-5 and their caregivers, each session will include a family craft and music event that explores a story through songs, art, movement, and play. Children will create and take home a craft inspired […]
Cost: $0-120
Poplar Island: History, Restoration, and a Year of Native Bees
On islands, change is always visible. Poplar Island is a prime example of this ecological construct. In this presentation, Gene Scarpulla will provide a clear overview of Poplar Island’s long history in the Chesapeake Bay, beginning in the 1500s and tracing its major phases of change. He will cover early settlement, the origins of the […]
Cost: $0-5
Fall for Fungi Hike, November
Turkey tail, chicken of the woods, and scrambled egg slime. We aren’t talking poultry here. Grab your camera instead of your deep-fryer, and join us for our fall mushroom hunt with master mycologist William Needham. Let’s wander the trails to search for fungi that catch our eye with unique coloring or gill placement and our […]
Cost: $20-25