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Sunday, September 16, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Cabinet of Curiosities

Discover three ways that scientists preserve specimens for study, with Mickey Alice Kwapis at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street in Cambridge, on Sunday, September 16 from 10 – 12. Each student will receive one butterfly and one stag beetle to spread, one owl pellet to dissect, and one small animal to preserve as a wet specimen in a jar. Each student will get to keep their finished specimens as well as their tools to repeat the process at home. All specimens are responsibly sourced. Open to adults 18 and over. $140 Museum members /$150 nonmembers

Advance Registration required. Register online at https://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/cabinet-curiosities

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