Programs

Family Programs

Share your birthday with dinosaurs, have a sleepover with a polar bear, or meet an iguana during summer camp. More.

Adult Programs

Experience the museum after hours, attend an Academy Town Square, or have a drink in the Dino Drafts Beer Garden. More

entomologist talk with museum visitors during Bug Fest

Festivals and Special Events

Talk to real scientists, look through a microscope, touch live bugs, shop for shells, or search for fossils. More

featured panel during an environmental program

Academy Town Square

Find out the latest on the Marcellus Shale, urban agriculture, or how Philadelphia can become more livable and green. More

Upcoming Academy Events:

City Nature Challenge

Saturday, April 26, 2025

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

Online – iNaturalist.org website and app; Geographic range for participants is Philadelphia and surrounding counties.
- Everyone
The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is a four-day bioblitz where cities around the world compete to see who can record the most wildlife.
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City Nature Blitz

Saturday, April 26, 2025

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Pennypack Trail, Philadelphia, PA 19136
- Everyone
Join the Academy at your local park during City Nature Challenge to help us record as many observations of as many species as possible!
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History of Haddy Hike

Saturday, April 26, 2025

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Hadrosaurus Foulki Site Maple Ave, Haddonfield, NJ 08033
- Everyone
You may be familiar with “Haddy”, the duckbilled dinosaur that stands inside Dinosaur Hall, but have you ever thought about where it came from?
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City Nature Blitz

Saturday, April 26, 2025

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

1338 S 59th St, Philadelphia, PA 19143
- Everyone
Join the Academy at your local park during City Nature Challenge to help us record as many observations of as many species as possible!
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City Nature Challenge

Sunday, April 27, 2025

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

Online – iNaturalist.org website and app; Geographic range for participants is Philadelphia and surrounding counties.
- Everyone
The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is a four-day bioblitz where cities around the world compete to see who can record the most wildlife.
Read More
City Nature Challenge

Monday, April 28, 2025

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

Online – iNaturalist.org website and app; Geographic range for participants is Philadelphia and surrounding counties.
- Everyone
The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is a four-day bioblitz where cities around the world compete to see who can record the most wildlife.
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Butterflies, Landscapes and Human Dramas: Climate Science and Climate Imagination

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

12:30 PM-1:50 PM

Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (MacAlister Hall, Room 5051C)
- Everyone
David Velinsky, PhD, and Tatyana Livshultz, PhD, will discuss the science of monarch butterflies, shifting landscapes and the climate crisis in dialog with Barbara Kingsolver's climate novel, Flight Behavior.
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Sensory Friendly Mornings: May 10

Saturday, May 10, 2025

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Sensory-friendly mornings can be a comfortable, calmer way for museum visitors, especially those with sensory sensitivities, to explore the museum.
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Science Story Time: May 10

Saturday, May 10, 2025

11:00 AM-1:00 PM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Have some fun with Academy educators and other young natural history fans during a very special science story time.
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Science Story Time: May 11

Sunday, May 11, 2025

11:00 AM-1:00 PM

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Everyone
Have some fun with Academy educators and other young natural history fans during a very special science story time.
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