Join the Florida Museum for our fifth annual 5K to celebrate our Survival of the Slowest exhibit! This virtual event allows runners to take part from anywhere in the world. Have a running group you left behind with a move? Want to challenge your sister in Cincinnati to a showdown? Got a brother you
delivered Participation & prizes After signing up Send the race coordinator a link
With an estimated 5.5 million species, insects are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. More than one million have been named by scientists — and many more have yet to be discovered. In fact, insects account for 80% of animal life on Earth. But, both the number and diversity of insects
insect discoveries in your Florida yard using iNaturalist by visiting the following link
This Spring, the Florida Vertebrate Paleontology Course, taught by curator, Dr. Jonathan Bloch, is open to graduate and undergraduate students of geological and biological sciences through the University of Florida. Fieldwork conducted through the course will take place at Montbrook and content prov
This post will link you to individual experiences of each student.
Alachua County is participating in the global iNaturalist City Nature Challenge from April 30 to May 3! Join us for this special Members Only event to learn to identify your backyard biodiversity and help put our community on the map! Mark Hostetler, University of Florida wildlife professor, will l
Email rsvp@flmnh.ufl.edu to receive the Zoom link.
Go behind-the-scenes and discover how cool it is to work in a museum! In partnership with the UF Creative B program, join the Florida Museum for FREE virtual trivia Thursday evenings July 9 though Aug. 13 via Zoom. Plus, the first, second and third place winners each week will win 2 tickets to
How to Play: Sign up for the Zoom webinar Upon registering, you will receive a link
Go behind-the-scenes and discover how cool it is to work in a museum! In partnership with the UF Creative B program, join the Florida Museum for FREE virtual trivia Thursday evenings July 9 though Aug. 13 via Zoom. Plus, the first, second and third place winners each week will win 2 tickets to
How to Play: Sign up for the Zoom webinar Upon registering, you will receive a link
Go behind-the-scenes and discover how cool it is to work in a museum! In partnership with the UF Creative B program, join the Florida Museum for FREE virtual trivia Thursday evenings July 9 though Aug. 13 via Zoom. Plus, the first, second and third place winners each week will win 2 tickets to
How to Play: Sign up for the Zoom webinar Upon registering, you will receive a link
This Saturday was our 39th year hosting Collectors Day here at the Museum, and as always, it was quite a big day! We had about 1,200 visitors in and around the Museum, talking to collectors and looking at collections. From Beatles memorabilia to classic cars, Pokemon to armadillos, the variety wa
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Protocols for Georeferencing the Specimens The Symbiota bryophyte portal and lichen portal will be used to georeference the specimens. There is a flash tutorial on the Symbiota web site which provides a general description of how to use the georeferencing tools within the portals. The tutorial de
Georeferencing Workflow Overview Use the Batch Georeference Specimens link in the
Our 6th annual Viva Museum! celebration was a blast on September 15. It’s held here at the Florida Museum in coordination with the Gainesville Latino Film Festival to celebrate South American culture with music, dance and artifacts. We had over 1,200 guests visit for this bilingual, Latino cultur
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