Lectures frequently feature dinosaur-related subjects, including news from the field and project updates from our staff, researchers, and volunteers. Free and open to the public, appetizers and drinks provided.
Join the H. Earl Clack Museum for a special tradition! Bring the whole family for Christmas Crafts, Dinosaur Eggs, and frost some cookies! The event will be in the former Clack Museum at the north end of the Holiday Village Mall. Free to attend!
The Montana Dinosaur Center is celebrating the holidays with an in-person gathering at their Bynum Facility from 1-5 pm. Cookies, hot cocoa and Dinosaurs will be there with you. It’s Free!
Lectures frequently feature dinosaur-related subjects, including news from the field and project updates from our staff, researchers, and volunteers. Free and open to the public, appetizers and drinks provided.
Join Dr. David Varricchio, Professor of Earth Sciences at MSU, to learn about dinosaur behavior from fossil assemblages of bones and eggshells. Examine modern nesting sites and mass drownings to explore what they might tell us about the lives of dinosaurs.
Price:
Included with MOR membership.
$7.50 non-members.
Lectures frequently feature dinosaur-related subjects, including news from the field and project updates from our staff, researchers, and volunteers. Free and open to the public, appetizers and drinks provided.
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, actualized by UNESCO and UN-Women, join us to engage in a variety of family-friendly activities from local women in STEM, a book signing by paleontologist and PBS Eons host and paleontologist Kallie Moore, as well as a screening of the short documentary film The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the Face of Science. Then, join us for an eye-opening panel discussion about the struggles and successes of women in the geosciences with Lexi Jamieson Marsh and Dr. Ellen Currano, the masterminds behind the exhibition. About The Bearded Lady Project: This film and accompanying photo exhibition demonstrate the competencies and passions of female paleontologists and how this unfair, gendered stereotype can be easily diminished with the donning of a beard. With some well-placed facial hair, any female scientist can be perceived as equally rugged, tough, and determined.
Join us for a prehistoric Valentine’s Day date-night experience at Museum of the Rockies. We all know about the birds and the bees, but have you ever wondered how sauropods, the largest dinosaurs, mated? Enjoy wine tasting from Plonk and delectable appetizers. Learn about dinosaur reproduction in a special lecture from MOR Lab and Field Manager Lee Hall. View adult-related historical objects from the museum’s history collection with Curator of Cultural History Michael Fox. In addition, view a special show in the Taylor Planetarium about scandal in the stars. Don’t miss this unique night!
Calling all singles! Find someone you really “dig” at Museum of the Rockies. Want to meet your match or find new friends with similar interests in natural history? Join Jaimi Boyd, Founder of Mix & Mingle, at the beginning of the evening and search for a little ROAR-mance for the night through fun activities. Includes admission to Pour & Roar: Raptors and Romance and a glass of wine.
Montana is full of the exciting science that happens right in your backyard! On select Saturdays in the main lobby, meet a Montana scientist and learn about their area of specialization. Researchers will be displaying real specimens, artifacts, and touchable items that will be sure to spark curiosity in the natural world. From snow science to paleontology, there are so many interesting subjects for everyone to enjoy!
The Varricchio Family Paleontology Laboratory at MSU provides space and equipment for undergraduate and graduate students to prepare and study fossils as part of various research endeavors. Zakaria Hannebaum is an Undergraduate Researcher at Montana State University and the Lab Manager for the Varricchio Family Paleontology Laboratory at MSU. Zakaria’s research focuses on understanding the taphonomic processes affecting the preservation of the small dinosaur called Orodromeus, along with analyzing the population dynamics of this species throughout the Two Medicine Formation in Montana.