The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
From dinosaurs to rare diamonds and distant planets, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History provides a fun environment to explore the Earth and beyond. Learn about space in the planetarium. Be dazzled by gems and jewels. Meet "Lucy," one of humanity's earliest ancestors. Come face to face with the museum's dinosaurs, including a horned Triceratops, and "Jane," a juvenile tyrannosaur. See native Ohio animals, such as otters, bobcats, Bald Eagles and more in the Perkins Wildlife Center & Woods Garden. The museum is located in University Circle, just 15 minutes east of downtown Cleveland.
Address: 1 Wade Oval Drive
City, State Zip: Cleveland, OH 44106
Organization Contact Info:
Contact Person: Janet OstroskePhone: 216-231-4600
Website URL: www.cmnh.org
Program Listing
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
The Future Scientists program offers motivated high-school students an extraordinary opportunity to learn about a variety of topics in natural history through field experiences, contact with researchers and hands-on activities. This fall, we will survey Museum properties for invasive worms, tag...
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Monday through Saturday, 10am to 4:30 pm; Wednesday 10am to 8pm; Sunday, 1 to 4:30pm
Visit the Smead Discovery Center for hands-on fun on the Museum's Lower Level. Visitors of all ages are welcome in this multigenerational space. We have concrete activities for tots and "brain buster"...
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
The favorite tool of astronomers was invented 400 years ago. We'll see how much bigger and more powerful telescopes are now than they were back then.
Members Free; Nonmembers $4 per person with Museum admission
Saturday 11:30 am and 3:00 pm
Sunday 1:15 pm and 3:00 pm
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Throughout the month of November, bring us your tired plastic (broken or intact) action figures and we'll send them to Toy Lab in Cincinnati. It's a great alternative to throwing them in the trash. At Toy Lab, kids will make new toys out of your broken action figures. You'll be able to eliminate...
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Are dinosaurs still with us today? Real live dinosaurs! Wildlife Center staff and volunteers will explore modern-day dinosaurs and their connection to those behemoths of yesteryear. We'll also introduce visitors to modern reptiles and a mammal whose family tree goes back over 65 million years....
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Wednesday evenings, weather permitting, 8:30 to 11pm (arrive before 10pm; dress for the weather). View the night skies through our 105-year-old, 10 1/2 inch Warner & Swasey telescope. This is the last good chance this season to see the four moons Galileo discovered swinging around Jupiter...
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Come and enjoy this popular film festival which brings together award-winning environmental films that motivate viewers to help make a difference in their community and around the world.
Friday, November 6th, 6pm reception; 7pm film fest; 10pm with a Q&A session.
Tickets are $5...
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Staff and volunteers will introduce visitors to Northeast Ohio's wild creatures using live ambassadors from the Museum's Wildlife Resource Center. Saturday and Sunday, 1pm in the Museum lobby and 3pm in the Ralph Perkins II Wildlife Center & Woods Garden. Additional programs will be offered...
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Get ready for excitement and adventure as we explore the forests, creeks, bogs and marshes of our region. This fall, the Student Naturalists will observe the changing seasons, hike, orienteer and spot all kinds of critters big and small. Join kids from all over Northeast Ohio as we get outside,...
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Tammy Randall, R.D., certified diabetes educator and director of education for the Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland will present this important health lecture. She will discuss what it means to have diabetes, who is at risk, how you can decrease your risk of developing type 2 diabetes...