BioBlitz Hike for City Nature Challenge

Sat, April 25, 10am - 12pm
bioblitz, birding, birds, City Nature Challenge, hike, spring

Photo by NIU

Animals Bird Watching Field Experiences For the Family Hiking Native Plants & Trees Open to the Public

City Nature Challenge started as a competition between Los Angeles and San Francisco and has grown into an international event, motivating people around the world to find and document wildlife in their own cities. This annual four-day global bioblitz takes place in two parts, with the first dedicated to taking photos of wild plants and […]

Cost: $0-5

Fossil Club Trip to Centralia, PA

Sat, April 25, 10am - 3:30pm
fossil club, fossil collecting, fossil hunting, fossils

Photo by www.floridagardener.com

Clubs For the Family Fossil Collecting

NHSM Fossil Club members are once again invited to Centralia, PA, to hunt for plant fossils. Centralia was a small coal mining community in central PA that had to be abandoned after the coal beds under it caught fire in the 1960s. Today nothing is left but the streets and sidewalks and some cemeteries. The […]

Cost: $0

World Turtle Day 2026

Sun, May 24, 10am - 3pm
herptetology, turtles, World Turtle Day

Clubs For the Family Nature Connection Open to the Public Special Event

Rarely is there an animal more beloved by humanity than the turtle. At World Turtle Day at the Natural History Society of Maryland, meet and interact with over a dozen species of turtles, learn about the latest conservation efforts, and see specimens from the NHSM collections. Engage in hands-on educational activities, play turtle games, make turtle […]

Cost: $0-7

Go with the Flow – Explore Life in a Stream at Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park (July)

Sun, July 19, 11am - 1:30pm
Arthropods, macroinvertebrate, stream ecology, water quality

Community Science Field Experiences For the Family Open to the Public

ExStream Fun

Cost: $0

Marine Science Sail & Camp Overnight – SAVE THE DATE

Sat, August 15, 9am - Sun, August 16 3pm
camping, family, kids, marine science, sailing

Bird Watching Camping Field Expeditions For the Family Marine Science and Sailing Open to the Public Weekend Long

Registration opening soon! Get this on your calendar now! Family sail, ages 9 and up. Sail the weekend away aboard a traditional oyster boat of Maryland, the Skipjack Sigsbee. We’ll cruise from the Inner Harbor to our campground at Rock Hall with a full complement of hands-on activities, including setting the sail and steering the […]