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In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers

This immersive multidisciplinary experience marries art and science through a modern artistic interpretation of Henry David Thoreau’s preserved plants. The exhibition invites visitors to experience emotionally resonant connections to the profound loss of natural diversity caused by human-induced climate change.

 

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Mineral Gallery

Step inside the Harvard Museum of Natural History’s newly renovated Earth & Planetary Sciences gallery. This expansive space displays thousands of rare minerals and sparkling gemstones, including a stunning new display of Maine’s most famous mineral, Tourmaline.

 

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Swimming with Sharks

Come to appreciate sharks not as deadly killers, but as fascinating creatures—more menaced than menacing—that play an outsized role in maintaining balance in marine ecosystems. Don’t miss this chance to come face-to-face with the ocean’s most famous, misunderstood megafauna.