Exploring & Preserving Maryland's Natural Treasures
Let’s look for the little. We’ll explore the tops and bottoms of logs, branches, and debris, grubbing for early spiders, such as lace weavers, smaller wolf spiders, and some early orb weavers and their webs. There should be a variety of other arthropods, including various beetles, centipedes, millipedes, and isopods. We will also probably encounter […]
Cost: $5-20
By popular demand, NHSM is expanding our public exhibit hours. Come for the Ice Age in Maryland exhibit featuring our wooly mammoth, and linger for more fossils, seashells, gemstones, archaeological artifacts, and other treasures. Admission is always free! Join us between 10 AM and 2 PM on the following First Sundays: March 3 April 7 […]
During select open Sundays at the museum, NHSM’S Game Master, Tabbie, will be on hand to teach new hatchlings, guide recent fledglings, and challenge experienced birds. Two tables will be set up, one for learning, one for playing (depending on demand, additional tables may be added). Free, but please RSVP for planning purposes. If you […]
Cost: $0
Bees and other insects
Cost: $10-15
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
Search for trilobites at this private quarry with volunteer leaders from our NHSM Fossil Club. The mostly shale rock from the Middle Devonian Mahantango Formation is home to a diverse set of prehistoric life including brachiopods, bryozoans, mollusks, corals, graptolites, and even cephalopods, squid-like animals with shells. Trilobites, the site’s main draw, originate from one […]
Cost: $5-25
By popular demand, NHSM is expanding our public exhibit hours. Come for the Ice Age in Maryland exhibit featuring our wooly mammoth, and linger for more fossils, seashells, gemstones, archaeological artifacts, and other treasures. Admission is always free! Join us between 10 AM and 2 PM on the following First Sundays: March 3 April 7 […]
As masters of ecosystem engineering, the beavers’ amazing talent for dam construction makes many farmers and land owners consider them pests. However, their role in the ecosystem proves useful in helping to manage water-related issues such as drought, flooding, and water pollution. Join us for a walk with Ranger Bill Curtis to learn how to read […]
Cost: $10-20
Q. What does the Overlea Farmer’s Market have that no other farmers market has? A. A Natural History Museum. After you have filled your bellies, come inside and fill your minds. There are animals, fossils, plants, rocks, archaeological artifacts and even a woolly mammoth waiting for you. Complete the scavenger hunt, and win a prize. […]
Cost: $0
Q. What does the Overlea Farmer’s Market have that no other farmers market has? A. A Natural History Museum. After you have filled your bellies, come inside and fill your minds. There are animals, fossils, plants, rocks, archaeological artifacts and even a woolly mammoth waiting for you. Complete the scavenger hunt, and win a prize. […]
Cost: $0