Just for Kids - Summer Classes Just Announced!

The Museum will be closed July 3 & 4

PINT-SIZED SCIENCE ACADEMY
A World of Chemistry: Concoctions Galore – July 9, 2009
How Does Your Garden Grow? – July 16, 2009
Musical Instruments of the World – July 23, 2009
Deep in the Sea: All Things Ocean – July 30, 2009

SUMMER SCIENCE SNACK
Exploring the Scientific Method – July 6-10, 2009
The Universe as your Neighborhood – July 6-10, 2009
Adapting to Your Surroundings – July 6-10, 2009
Under the Hood: Dissection – July 13-17, 2009
Animals, Animals, Animals – July 13-17, 2009
Way Out, Out There: Space Science – July 13-17, 2009

IDAHO SUMMER SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Forays into the Field - Aug 3-10, 2009

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New Online Exhibit: Earth's Foundations: The Rock Cycle

The Rock Cycle is an important area of study in Geoscience. Geoscience investigates how Earth was formed billions of years ago and it's many processes. For instance, the Geosciences study glaciers, earthquakes, volcanoes, water, weather, and the history of life through the fossils as well as the Rock Cycle.

In the Store:

IMNH is excited to announce the release of Don Crabtree: A Reader in Stone, a DVD compilation of video and research papers by Don Crabtree.

Don Crabtree (1912-1980) has been called the “Dean of American flintknappers” A pioneer in the field of experimental archeology, he produced publications and seminal videos on the science of flintknapping, heat treatment, and stone tool technology. A contemporary and colleague of influential archeologists, such as Francis Bordes, Earl Swanson, RuthAnn Knudson, and Jacques Tixier, Crabtree influenced later generations of archeologists through his flintknapping field schools.

Get your copy today! The DVD sells for $50 and the Gold Limited edition, which contains an additional DVD with just the movies, sells for $75.

The Idaho Museum of Natural History actively nurtures an understanding of and delight in Idaho's natural and cultural heritage. As the official state museum of natural history, it acquires, preserves, studies, interprets and displays natural and cultural objects for Idaho residents, visitors and the world's community of students and scholars. The Museum also supports and encourages Idaho's other natural history museums through mentoring and training in sound museological practices.