Weekends

On selected weekends and holidays during the year, families can create crafts, engage in special interactive activities, examine museum specimens, meet live animals, and see special presentations. Free with museum admission.

Weekends
Events

Bird Discovery Weekend

Saturday Jun 9 10:00 AM-5:00 PM

Celebrate 200 years of bird discovery. Meet a real ornithologist, view tables of specimens, listen to bird experts, watch bird-skinning, identify local birds, participate in bird-banding, and design your own binoculars to take home.
Bird Discovery Weekend

Sunday Jun 10 10:00 AM-5:00 PM

Celebrate 200 years of bird discovery. Meet a real ornithologist, view tables of specimens, listen to bird experts, watch bird-skinning, identify local birds, participate in bird-banding, and design your own binoculars to take home.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is America’s oldest natural history museum and a world leader in biodiversity and environmental research. For 200 years, the Academy has explored the remarkable diversity of our natural world, sharing these discoveries with the public through extraordinary collections, innovative exhibits, educational programming, and publications.