Dinoprogramming

Inspired by and in conjunction with our Fall 2024 Exhibition

Inspired by and in conjunction with our Fall 2024 Exhibition

Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas

Inspired by and in conjunction with our Fall 2024 Exhibition
Inspired by and in conjunction with our Fall 2024 Exhibition

Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas

Animals for All: Dinosaur Discoveries Sensory Friendly Evening

September 25, 2024
October 11 @ 5:30 pm7:00 pm
Bendel Mansion
Free

Friday, October 11 5:30 — 7 pm All Ages Welcome Join us for a special open evening in our new dinosaur exhibit designed for families with neurodivergent members. Families may check in anytime between 5:30 — 6:30 pm to tour our new Dinosaur Discoveries exhibition. Limited to 50…

Vacation Drop-Off Day: Dino Discovery
PROGRAM FULL

September 25, 2024
October 14 @ 9:30 am12:00 pm
Heckscher Barn
$45 – $50

Vacation Drop-Off Day: Dino Discovery Monday, October 14 Ages 5 – 9 9:30 am – noon Limited to 12 children We’ll visit our new dinosaur exhibition, meet some live animals, and create some great dinosaur crafts! We’ll also stop by our hawkwatch station to see if we can…

Photo by Belinda Sheets, SM&NC Member

Vacation Break-Out Day: Modern Day Dinos — The Birds!

September 25, 2024
October 14 @ 11:30 am3:00 pm
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Free

Drop in for a fun day celebrating our modern-day dinosaurs — the birds! Meet our chickens and ducks, create bird-themed crafts, go on a bird scavenger hunt, and visit our hawkwatch station on the meadow. At 2:30 pm, taste one of our most beloved Farm Market products, Arethusa…

Nights Out: Fieldwork & New Findings in Dinosaur Science

March 4, 2024
October 29 @ 6:00 pm8:00 pm
Bendel Mansion
$10 – $20

Paleobiologist Dr. Aki Watanabe of the American Museum of Natural History and New York Institute of Technology will bring you inside “a day in the life” of a 21st century paleontologist. While Dr. Watanabe’s work focuses on how the “intelligent” brains of modern birds evolved from their dinosaur…

Diggin’ Dinosaurs Afterschool: Wednesdays, November 6 – 20

September 24, 2024
November 6 @ 3:45 pm5:00 pm
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
$51 – $57

Wednesdays, November 6 – 20 Can’t get enough of our dinosaur exhibit? Join us for a 3-week class that goes behind the scenes! We’ll meet live dino relatives, explore real fossils, make dinosaur-themed crafts, and much more! Limited to 10 participants. Must be 5 by the first program…

Dino-Mite Night at the Museum-FULL

September 25, 2024
November 8 @ 5:30 pm7:30 pm
Bendel Mansion
$25 – $30

Get in your PJs and join us for a real-life “Night at the Museum” in our Dinosaur Discoveries exhibition! Meet a paleontologist and learn about dinosaur research, create dinosaur crafts, make your own dinosaur stuffed animal, meet live animals, see real dinosaur fossils, and of course, enjoy an…

Nights Out: The Evolutionary History of Eastern North America

September 24, 2024
November 14 @ 6:30 pm8:30 pm
Bendel Mansion
$10 – $20

Chase Brownstein is no stranger to the SM&NC. Now a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University’s Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, he has identified and cataloged over 1,500 specimens in our paleontology collection over the past decade. Eastern North America is known as a hotspot of ancient groups…

Baking Bond: Parent & Child Dinosaur Cookie Decorating-FULL

March 14, 2024
November 24 @ 2:00 pm3:30 pm
Knobloch Family Farmhouse
$35 – $40

Calling all baker/artist dynamic duos! Our popular parent+child cookie decorating class is back, this time with a dino-mite twist! Led by Alison from Bella’s Sweet Treats, you and your child will work together to decorate fun dinosaur cookies to take home. You’ll also get some time to tour…

Scouts Dino Day

September 24, 2024
December 8 @ 1:00 pm4:00 pm
Bendel Mansion
$8

We welcome Scouts of all ages and Scouting Organizations to tour our exhibit, see real fossils up close, and create a dino related craft! All participating adults and children over 3 must have a ticket. All Ages Sunday, December 8 1 — 4 pm Scouts & Family Attendees…

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ON VIEW IN OUR MUSEUM GALLERIES OCTOBER 5 — JANUARY 5

Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas

This groundbreaking exhibition highlights ongoing, cutting-edge dinosaur research by American Museum of Natural History paleontologists and other leading scientists from around the world. It explores how paleontologists today are using an incredible array of new technologies — from bioengineering computer software to CT scans — along with new discoveries and new ideas to investigate and reinterpret many of the most persistent and puzzling mysteries of dinosaurs, such as what they really looked like and how they actually moved and behaved, as well as the complex and hotly debated theories of why — or even whether — they became extinct.

Exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the Houston Museum of Natural Science; the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; The Field Museum, Chicago; and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.

Directions

39 Scofieldtown Road, Stamford, CT 06903