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Harvard Museum of Natural History Celebrates Explore Your World! Biodiversity Month

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Event type: Biodiversity Fair
Hosted by: Harvard Museum of Natural History
Date: May 2002
Time: Various ongoing and weekend activities througout the month of May, 2002
Where: Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, MA
Cost: Admission to the museum

In May 2002, HMNH will join museums around the U.S. to celebrate "Explore Your World! Biodiversity Month 2002." This month-long celebration of biodiversity at HMNH features two new exhibits, a "Biodiversity is Good for Us!" museum search, hands-on discovery zones and "Creature Feature" live animal encounters every weekend. Other exhibits include a colorful poster exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, an exhibition that shows how museum collections help scientists understand diversity, and a self-guided tour of the Glass Flower exhibition. Also included is a May 9th evening lecture, "Declining Amphibians: On the Verge of an Environmental Catastrophe," by Harvard Professor James Hanken, Chair of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force.

• Download HMNH Program Guide for the month of May

For more information contact M-F 9:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST:
Emily Estock
Tel: 617/384 8309
Fax: 617/496 8782