Lectures and programs at the Harvard Museum of Natural History are open to public and are held at 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge.
Forest Invaders: How Invasive Species are Reshaping the Wooded Landscape of New England
Lecture by David Orwig and David Foster
Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 19, 6:00 pm
Science on Ice
Author talk with Chris Linder
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 22, 2:00 pm
Oceanographer and award-winning photographer Chris Linder will recount his four polar expeditions to remote and extreme environments of the Arctic and Antarctica.
Meet the Artist
A Drop-in Activity with Marc Socie
Friday, SEPTEMBER 28, 11:00 AM-12 PM AND 1:00-2:00 pm
Stop by the HMNH's Arthropods gallery and meet Marc Socie, the creator of the custom illustrations featured in the new Cockroaches mini-exhibit. Observe and talk to Marc as he draws, and learn about the role that scientific illustration plays within natural history exhibits.
Collecting Invertebrate Animals Around the Globe
Lecture by Gonzalo Giribet
Thursday, October 4, 6:00 pm
Harvard biologist Gonzalo Giribet, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at Harvard's MCZ, conducts fieldwork in remote and exotic areas from S. Australia to the Amazon, studying invertebrate organisms to help assemble the evolutionary tree of life.
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Lecture and booksigning with David Quammen
Friday, October 19, 6:00 pm
Science author David Quammen explores how a litany of pandemic diseases like Ebola, SARS, and Hendra share a single pattern: they are transmitted to humans by bugs that originate in wild animals.
Fungus Fair
A family festival
Saturday, October 20, 11:00 am - 4:00 PM
Join Harvard students, faculty, and museum educators and learn how scientists collect and study mushrooms, examine an array of fungi specimens from the field and lab, and participate in kids' activities.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Lecture and booksigning with Steven Pinker
Wednesday, October 24, 6:00 pm
To mark the paperback edition of his bestseller, Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker discusses why violence has been diminishing for millennia and and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.