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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Mounted skeleton of a creature with a small head, short rib cage, long thin tail, and two short, wide limbs near the ribs.

A Celebration of Fossils: Cretaceous Life in Motion

Special Online Events, November 13-21, 2021

Join us for nine days of fossil fun! From November 13-21, we're offering programs and activities with paleontologists, fossil preparators, educators, and artists.

Click the program titles to learn more and register.

A man and woman standing on either side of an easel with a drawing of a triceratops head on it.
Paleoartists Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger will show how to sketch paleo portraits in a webinar for families, November 13.

For Families

Natural History at Home – Paleo Portraits
Saturday, November 13, 2021
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST

Historia Natural En Casa: Bailando a travez del tiempo – Quetzalcoatlus
Sunday, November 21, 2021
2 – 3 p.m. EST
Este programa será bilingüe. This will be a bilingual program in Spanish and English.

For Students in Grades 3-5

Leaning sideways, a man with dark hair and glasses looks into the open, toothed jaws of a fossil T. rex skull.
Matthew Carrano, paleontologist and Curator of Dinosauria, will introduce students to the study of dinosaur bodies and how they moved them, November 18. Photo by James Di Loreto, Smithsonian.

Smithsonian Science How: Explore How Dinosaurs Moved
Thursday, November 18, 2021
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. EST

For Adults

Building Dinosaurs: Behind the Scenes
Monday, November 15, 2021
5 – 6 p.m. EST

For Everyone

Expert Is Online: Fossil Preparation with Myria Perez
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
2 – 3 p.m. EST

Resources for Kids, Families, and Teachers

Check out these fossil-related activities, videos, and featured collections at your own pace!

Activities

Videos

More Fossil Resources