BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:ArtsThursdays: A Night of Biodiversity PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_1572136_0 SUMMARY:ArtsThursdays: A Night of Biodiversity DESCRIPTION:

Join us for a free, fun night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while strolling through the galleries.

This month, learn how photographers and scientists document biodiversity and use art to help people connect with nature.

Visit the photography exhibit Frogs! Through an Ecology Lens, to learn about the diversity of frogs in India.
Attend the lecture, India: An Amphibian Hotspot, presented by scientist and photographer S. D. Biju, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm.
Visit In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers, an art and science exhibition inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s plant collections from Concord, Massachusetts.
Create a cyanotype—a camera-less photographic print—using local plant material guided by photographer Leah Sobsey whose work is featured in the Thoreau exhibit.
Take some snaps in our photo booth with fun nature-themed props and backgrounds.
Purchase drinks at the cash bar (valid government ID required to consume alcoholic beverages).
Enter a free raffle to win museum gifts and membership.
Free and open to the public. Let us know you are coming! RSVPs are encouraged, but walk-in visitors are always welcome.

RSVP

Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.

Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts
Photo: EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento

LOCATION:Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20240425T210000Z DTEND:20240426T010000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR