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July 30 @ 3:11 pm
Colorado Plateau
Designed to Move: Seeds that Float, Fly, or Hitchhike through the Desert Southwest Curator Talk
Adelheid Fischer, curator of MNA's current exhibition Designed to Move: Seeds that Float, Fly, or Hitchhike through the Desert Southwest will talk about the exhibition and her biomimicry work at Arizona State University. Leading the program's biomimicry initiative, she introduced students to the use of biology as a means of sustainable innovation in design, business, ...
Brady Building Open House – Paleontology Artifacts
The Brady Building, which houses MNA's Paleontology collection, will host an Open House where visitors will be able to view artifacts from the paleontology collection. Led by Adam Marsh, MNA Research Associate and Paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park. This event is free. Please Note: The Brady Building is located at the Harold S. Colton ...
Dinosaurs of the Navajo Nation
Adam Marsh will present a talk on The Dinosaurs of the Navajo Nation in conjunction with the Flagstaff Festival of Science. Adam Marsh is a Museum of Northern Arizona Research Associate and Paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park. This talk is presented in conjunction with the Flagstaff Festival of Science. This event is free. Please ...
The Last of the Ice Age Mammoths of the Colorado Plateau
Paleontologist Dave Gillette, who is best known for his discovery of the dinosaur Diplodocus hallorum in 1985, will present a talk on The Last of the Ice Age Mammoths of the Colorado Plateau. Mammoth dung and other fascinating artifacts will be on display during the talk. This talk is in conjunction with Science Day at MNA and ...
Selling the Southwest Exhibition Curator Talk
Join MNA Fine Arts Curator Alan Petersen at 2:00 in the Museum auditorium for a presentation about the art that sold the Southwest to the world. During the first decades of the twentieth century, the marketing departments of the Santa Fe Railroad and the Fred Harvey Company created a sense of wonder and mystery about ...
Easton Collection Center Tour
Join MNA docents for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Museum of Northern Arizona’s collections inside the Platinum LEED certified, architectural masterpiece Easton Collection Center. Home to more than 800,000 objects, the ECC tour will enhance visitors’ understanding of the Native cultures of the Colorado Plateau and MNA’s role in research and conservation. 3:00 – 4:00 PM. $15 Non-members $10 ...
Tuesday Spring Break Activity — Poetry Maps Zine Making
1:00 - 2:30 in the Museum of Northern Arizona's Branigar Chase Discovery Center Auditorium. Become a writer/publisher! Contribute to and take home a zine about the Colorado Plateau. Zines are non-commercial, self-published booklets typically reproduced in small batches on a copy machine. Zines provide a space to freely express and share art, words, and thoughts. ...