Science Stories

Brighter Students, Better Critical Thinkers, Brought to You by the Museum, Part I

Museums around the country are digitizing their collections to make them more accessible.

Tylor Birthisel (pictured below) is an NHMU Paleontology Preparator and Preparation Lab Manager, and takes such a liking to his power tools that he names them.

Our guides, Christy Bills and Elizabeth Johnson, gleefully led us through the Wasatch foothills on one of the final Wildflower Walks of the spring 2016 season.

Collections Manager Tip #389: Don’t Shellac the Mammoth Tusk

A full auditorium waited anxiously for the start of “An Evening with Astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly”.

Indian Art Market 2015: Gilmore Scott, 2nd Place Winner

A third-generation Navajo silversmith, Andy Marion works with raw silver and gold, brass, and copper to create one-of-a-kind jewelry.

Indian Art Market 2015: Norman Lansing, 3rd Place Winner

Pahponee is one of the top Native American potters and has been working with clay since the early 1980s.

Starch grains are tiny structures made by most plants as products of photosynthesis.