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The Alabama Museum of Natural History is the state's oldest natural history museum and is essential to learning and quality of life at The University of Alabama. #RollTide
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Thanks to everyone who visited the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum to attend "Haunting at the Museums" and Mrs. Beatrice Aster's Garden Tea Party! We hope you enjoyed exploring history and science and solving the mystery!

Photo Credit: Alisha Power and Rebecca Johnson
Interior view of a dimly lit staircase with a person ascending, beneath a large wall artwork featuring a detailed close-up of a raven. Close-up of a decorated table setting with a fancy spoon, a name card, and scattered playing cards with heart suits. A child drawing with a marker at a table with a paper bag from the Gorge House Museum nearby. A stack of "The Garden Gazette" newspapers spread out on a red surface, with visible headlines and images of garden-related topics. A pen lies beside them.
October 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Mrs. Beatrice Aster (Eastern Bumblebee – 𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) is the last member of Honey Hollow's founding family. You are invited to join Mrs. Aster's free tea party on October 25 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum!

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October 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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What role does Dr. Edgar Corvus (American Crow – 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘷𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴), the local chemist and naturalist, play in our free and all-ages Garden Tea Party mystery at the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum on October 25 from 5-8:00 p.m.?

📷 : Artwork by Ashley Redic
October 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Professor Hesta Duvernoy (Eastern Hognose – 𝘏𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴) issss absssolutely terrified of crowdsss and ssstaysss inssside mossst daysss. Investigate her role in our free and all-ages Garden Tea Party mystery on October 25 from 5-8:00 p.m.

GET DETAILS: ➡️ bit.ly/46XT3s0
October 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Could Mr. Tobias F. Woodhouse III (Fowler's Toad – 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘹𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪), a local businesstoad, be involved in our Garden Tea Party mystery? Visit the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum on Oct. 25 from 5-8:00 p.m. to find out!

INFO: ➡️ bit.ly/46XT3s0
October 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Visit the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum on October 25 from 5-8 p.m. to see how military doctor, Colonel William Skeeter (Eastern Red Bat – 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴), fits into our mystery!

LEARN MORE: ➡️ bit.ly/46XT3s0

📷 : Ashley Redic
October 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Attend our free "Haunting at the Museums: Garden Tea Party" on October 25 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. to meet Ms. Sandra Perry (Beach Mouse – 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴)!

INFO: ➡️ bit.ly/46XT3s0

📷 : Ashley Redic
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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You are cordially invited to attend our free “Haunting at the Museums: Garden Tea Party” on October 25 from 5-8:00 p.m. Expect hands-on activities, storytelling, and, of course, a bit of mystery!

MORE INFO: ➡️ bit.ly/46XT3s0

#UniversityOfAlabama #RollTide #Museums
October 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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The Alabama Museum of Natural History has been selected to participate in the Southeastern Museums Conference and the pan-Smithsonian initiative "Reckoning & Reimagining: Building the Future Through the Lens of 250 Years" workshop.

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October 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘪, or the Saban crab 🦀, made its debut on ESPN College GameDay! This fossil is housed in UA Museums' paleontology collection under the care of the Department of Museum Research and Collections.

LEARN MORE: ➡️ bit.ly/46Mrhxm
October 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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A team led by University of Alabama researchers have discovered several ancient crab and shrimp fossils from central Alabama — including one they have named after legendary football coach Nick Saban.

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Meet the Saban Crab: UA Scientists Discover Ancient Species in Alabama
A new University of Alabama study of 65-million-year-old crab and shrimp fossils from central Alabama yielded multiple new species and genera.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Crikey! The Alabama Museum of Natural History has unveiled a new exhibit! Allow us to introduce our newest Cretaceous crocodilian, 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴. These "terrible crocodiles" would have preyed upon both aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates, including larger dinosaurs!

#FossilFriday #UniversityOfAlabama
September 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Dr. Harry "Bing" Blewitt has volunteered around 7,500 hours over the last 27 years with The University of Alabama Museums and helped to put more than 3000 records in the collections!

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Long-Term Volunteer Highlight: An Interview with "Bing" Blewitt
Dr. Harry "Bing" Blewitt has volunteered around 7,500 hours over the last 27 years with The University of Alabama Museums and helped to put more than 3000 records in the collections. "Bing" is also the 2023 Alabama Avocational Paleontologist Awardee. • Volunteer Achievement Award: https://bit.ly/48nmG76 • Alabama Avocational Paleontologist Award: https://bit.ly/48nmG76 • Research & Collections Website: https://collections.museums.ua.edu/ • The University of Alabama Museums Website: https://museums.ua.edu/ • Become a UA Museums Supporting Member: https://bit.ly/3ok8RxB Credits: • Video Shot and Edited By: Rebecca Johnson, UA Museums' Communications Specialist • Drone Footage: The University of Alabama's Division of Strategic Communications • Music: Kyle Cox - Worth the Squeeze - Instrumental version Bunker Buster - Sun Lover Hey Judy - Hahaha - Instrumental version Campagna - All the Way Home #Museums #NaturalHistoryMuseum #NaturalHistory #MuseumCollections #UniversityOfAlabama
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September 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The Alabama Museum of Natural History's "Excavating Erasure: Jefferson Davis Jackson" exhibit has been selected for the Bronze Award in the Under $10,000 budget category by the Southeastern Museums Conference!

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#Museums #Alabama #UniversityOfAlabama
September 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Thanks to everyone who visited the Alabama Museum of Natural History for our crocodilian-themed "Alabama Fossil Fest"! We hope you enjoyed talking with paleontologists, participating in our educational programming, seeing our new exhibit unveiling, and attending the presentations.
September 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Have an eye-conic time at the free, all-ages, and Crocodilian-themed "Alabama Fossil Fest" today from 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Alabama Museum of Natural History!

VIEW SCHEDULE: ➡️ bit.ly/42kzHKQ

Note: The Museum will be closed until 1:00 p.m.

#Tuscaloosa #RollTide #Alabama
September 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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We made some Gaston-style decor updates to the CVN lab today, thanks to a loan from @almnh.bsky.social !
I got taxidermized goat and a muskox next to posters about them
September 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Make nature observations during this year's Marble Bowl competition on the Alabama Museum of Natural History's team!

JOIN THE TEAM: ➡️ bit.ly/4671lw3

#UniversityOfAlabama #RollTide
Marble Bowl 2025 - The University of Alabama
The Marble Bowl pits this project against all other schools in the 2025 challenge. Current scores can be viewed by joining the project "The Marble Bowl" - https://www.inaturalist.org/project...
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September 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Discovery Alert‼️In July, Kaylee Baize and Ava Broyles found a great piece of a mosasaur jaw in an Alabama creek during an ALMNH trip for the general public. This Cretaceous (~84 million-year-old) specimen is now in the @almnh.bsky.social paleontology collection. #FossilFriday #paleontology #fossil
Mosasaur jaw found in an Alabama creek during an ALMNH trip for the general public. This Cretaceous (~84 million-year-old) specimen is now in the ALMNH paleontology collection. In July, Kaylee Baize and Ava Broyles found a great piece of a mosasaur jaw in an Alabama creek during an ALMNH trip for the general public.
August 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Discovery alert‼️A ~84 million-year-old hadrosaur dinosaur tooth was found by ALMNH director Dr. John Friel during a recent Alabama Museum of Natural History summer trip to shark tooth creek in western Alabama.
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August 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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To celebrate another semester starting at The University of Alabama, we are excited to announce our first-ever students-only Fossil Excursion on August 30! Available at a discounted price ($20/person) for currently enrolled UA students.

REGISTER: ➡️ bit.ly/456DbkJ
July 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Read about how the Alabama Museum of Natural History and The University of Alabama Museums' Department of Museum Research and Collections are fostering a love of fossils and the natural world through community science!

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Bringing Science to the People and the People to Science
The UA summer fossil expeditions are one way the UA community can engage with world class natural history research collections.
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July 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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As we adventure on July's Fossil Excursions, here's a look back at our trips on June 17 and June 28! Thanks to everyone who joined us on the search for fossils and we look forward to new experiences and findings in July.
July 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Research Alert ‼️ Why were ~50 enigmatic, small crustaceans from the Carboniferous Period found clustered together?

Short News Story: ➡️ bit.ly/44ba40u
July 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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For the #4thOfJuly weekend, the Alabama Museum of Natural History will be closed on Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5, 2025 and will reopen on Monday, July 7, 2025. We hope you have a fun and safe holiday weekend.
July 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM