Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Easter weekend update! We have two egg hunts happening Saturday, April 3 and tickets are still available! The Sensory Friendly Egg Hunt is on from 8:30 - 10 a.m. Tickets here: carnegiemnh.org/event/sensory-friendly-hours-egg-hunt/... The Super Science Saturday Egg Hunt begins at noon. Tickets here: carnegiemnh.org/event/super-science-saturday-egg-hunt/ Plus, T’s Mobile Food Express food truck will be on-site Saturday, April 3 from noon - 4 p.m. The museum will be closed Sunday, April 4. #Pittsburgh #Kidsburgh #AutismAwarenessMonth

April Fools! We didn’t really find a toothless T. rex. However, dinosaur skulls and jaws with empty tooth sockets are sometimes actually found (one such fossil is the skull of the Triceratops skeleton on display in our Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibition). The dinosaurs in question were not toothless in life. Instead, the ligament that held the teeth in place rotted away (and so the teeth fell out) before the bone was fossilized. Oddly, the opposite sometimes happens as well... rows of dinosaur teeth have been found in what appears to be life position, but with little to no surrounding fossil bone. Jokingly known as ‘dentures,’ this phenomenon is most common in sauropods (giant long-necked plant-eating dinosaurs such as Dippy) and may potentially be due to insects having eaten away the surrounding bone prior to fossilization. Special thanks to Matt Lamanna, our curator of vertebrate paleontology, for helping us pull off this joke! #Dinosaurs #AprilFoolsDay #paleontology

Earth 2.0?! #EarthMonth #Anthropocene

Toothless T. rex? The vertebrate paleontology world was shaken today by reports from the hills of eastern Montana of the discovery of a well-preserved skull of a toothless Tyrannosaurus rex. Commenting on the find, Dr. Matt Lamanna, our Mary R. Dawson Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, expressed surprise, but was also quick to note that proper dental care was virtually unknown during the Cretaceous, the last period of the Mesozoic Era, or Age of Dinosaurs. Further study of this intriguing fossil is underway. #MuseumFromHome #Dinosaurs #DinosaursAreCool

How would you like to come face to face with a giant sea scorpion? They've been extinct for 252 million years, but you can see a life-size sculpture in Dinosaur Armor! https://fal.cn/3epec Dinosaur Armor is supported by PA Virtual Charter School and sponsored by Baierl Subaru and Highmark.... #LovePGH #NaturalHistoryMuseum #Pittsburgh

Cool weather idea: Get cozy with coffee, tea, or hot chocolate AND Dippy! Pick out a Dippy mug for yourself or send a friend a pick-me-up from our online store. https://zcu.io/CFzi #OnlineShopping #CoffeeMug #Dinosaurs

New food truck schedule! Enjoy some local eats on your museum visit this week from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sun. 10/25 Totopo Food Truck Mon. 10/26 TBD Wed. 10/28/2020 Totopo Food Truck... Thu. 10/29 Pgh Crepes Fri. 10/30 Cool Beans Taco Truck Sat. 10/31 Evil Swine BBQ See more

Curious about museum jobs? Director of Science and Research Rose-Marie Muzika chats with host Jessica Romano about her work at Carnegie Museum of Natural History and her career in forest ecology. Ask a Scientist is a video series where we ask our research staff questions about the millions of amazing objects and specimens stored in our museum collection. https://zcu.io/5f2T #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

The moose diorama in the Hall of North American Wildlife is currently favored by Joann, a natural history interpreter with 17 years of experience at the museum. Joann terms her pursuit of background knowledge about museum exhibits and collections, a hobby. The efforts enable her to enrich what visitors see with historic details. In the moose diorama, she explains how in 1968 then Exhibits Director Cliff Morrow changed his background sketch of Denali after a visit to Alaska to view North America’s highest peak. #RediscoverPittsburgh #Pittsburgh #MuseumWork

Could our Godzilla be related to the monster living in Lake Placid? Find out when our baby American Alligator makes a special appearance during the intermission of our virtual Lake Placid Watch Party on Friday 10/23! Get your tickets today! https://zcu.io/1TEC #MuseumFromHome #LakePlacid #HalloweenMovies

Our offsite program team will be part of Pittsburgh Botanic Garden's Autumn in the Garden: All About Bats teaching visitors about different types of bats. Visit Pittsburgh Botanic Garden on October 25 if you want to catch our team in action! #RediscoverPittsburgh #Halloween #Bats

It's not all dinosaurs in Dinosaur Armor! What you see here is crocodile armor, which Ancient Egyptian temple guards and priests likely wore to worship Sobek, creator of the Nile. Learn about dinosaur armor and many other forms of body armor on your next museum visit! http://ow.ly/TklJ50BXtg3 #RediscoverPittsburgh #NextPittsburgh #Pittsburgh

Thanks to all the families who came out for Super Science Saturday Booseum this weekend! If you missed it, don’t worry, we encourage you to wear your costumes to the museum on #Halloween, Saturday, October 31. #RediscoverPittsburgh #Kidsburgh #Halloween2020

Raise a glass to Dippy! Pour your favorite fall beverage into a pint glass that shows off your love of Dippy AND your Pittsburgh pride. Get it and other fun dinosaur goods in our new online store! http://ow.ly/xzNL50BTqrD #LovePGH #Pittsburgh #DinosaursAreCool #OnlineShopping