Q?rius After Hours is back! You have two more chances to hang out in the Coralyn W. Whitney Q?rius Science Education Center after hours this summer. Both nights will feature NMNH collections specimens, crafts, puzzles, and games, but check out these featured experts for July:
The Biology of Berries with NMNH botany laboratory technician Gabriel Johnson
Knot tying, Chesapeake Bay Maritime History and Sailing Tools with the crew of Mildred Belle, the Living Classrooms Foundation’s Chesapeake Bay buyboat.
What Was Insect Pollination Like before the Origin of Flowering Plants? NMNH paleoecologist Conrad Labandeira
The Art of Preserving Plants featuring hands-on botany specimen preparation with NMNH botany collections manager Erika Gardner
Try your hand at painting insect art with micro-photography
Last chance this summer: Register here for Q?rius After Hours on August 13
About the series:
If you think back to a time when you were having fun as a kid, what were you doing that made you so happy? Odds are it included some of the universal elements of play – a concept we know is critical for kids to build decision-making and social skills but is often forgotten by adults. For adults, play can help reduce stress, sustain optimism, and is a way to safely take risks at something new.
Enjoy an evening of free play that will connect you to the natural world in the Coralyn W. Whitney Q?rius Science Education Center. Come in and explore at your own pace; feed your curiosity opening specimen drawers in the Q?rius Collection, sit down and do a puzzle with old or new friends, try a board game, talk with experts, lose track of time making art inspired the natural world – the fun is yours to have.
This program is designed for adults. Registration is free and highly encouraged. Space is filled at a first come first served basis.
