Delmnh At HomeCommunications2020-12-23T17:08:24-05:00

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Online Exhibits

Darwin’s LegacyCommunications2021-04-07T18:07:16-04:00

Darwin’s Legacy
Flowers of 2020: Delaware Photographic SocietyCommunications2020-10-28T17:20:27-04:00

Flowers of 2020: Delaware Photographic Society
Little Creatures Big DataCommunications2020-08-01T16:09:04-04:00

Little Creatures Big Data
Flight of Fancy: America’s BirdsCommunications2021-04-07T18:48:41-04:00

Flight of Fancy: America’s Birds
Field Collecting FavoritesTeresa Bonaddio2020-07-03T15:15:40-04:00

Field Collecting Favorites
How Fossils Are FormedCommunications2020-07-03T15:15:49-04:00

How Fossils Are Formed
All That Glitters Isn’t GoldCommunications2020-07-03T15:16:01-04:00

All That Glitters Isn’t Gold
Hall of Mollusks: Giant ClamCommunications2021-04-07T18:07:42-04:00

Hall of Mollusks: Giant Clam
Hall of Mollusks: GastropodsCommunications2021-04-07T18:07:54-04:00

Hall of Mollusks: Gastropods
Art of the Butterfly: Newark High School student exhibitCommunications2020-08-06T14:53:14-04:00

Art of the Butterfly: Newark High School student exhibit
Fluttering About the Mid-AtlanticCommunications2020-07-03T15:16:43-04:00

Fluttering About the Mid-Atlantic
Monarch MagicCommunications2020-07-03T15:16:56-04:00

Monarch Magic
Hall of Birdsadmin2020-06-15T13:52:18-04:00

Hall of Birds

look! ALIVE

We’re delighted to introduce look! ALIVE, a video series featuring the biota around and within the Delaware Museum of Natural History. Each video features a species profile, with the first videos focusing on terrestrial invertebrates. Look! ALIVE is created and produced by Caroline Elson.

Explore the Museum’s Scientific Collections

Above the galleries of the Delaware Museum of Natural History are millions of scientific specimens. Meet our curators and collection manager and discover the Museum’s bird, bird eggs, mollusk and fossil collections.

Pop Up Science Videos

Activities & Crafts

Adventures in Agriculture Coloring book from Corteva

In honor of National STEM Day, Corteva launched a free coloring book (available in English and Spanish) showcasing STEM women in agriculture. Get a glimpse inside some STEM agriculture career paths and inspire the future generation of leaders and scientists. Thanks to Corteva for sponsoring events at DMNH!

Happy New Year!

Megan shares more about the New Year, with [...]

Make treats for your pets!

Wonders of Winter presented by Bank of America: Polar Bear craft

Today's Wonders of Winter craft is cotton ball polar [...]

Wonders of Winter presented by Bank of America: Fizzy snow experiment

Our guest scientist Victoria demonstrates an experiment you can [...]

Wonders of Winter: Snowflake craft

Today's Wonders of Winter activity is a tie-dye [...]

Wonders of Winter presented by Bank of America: Penguin Mask Craft

One of this week's crafts at Wonders of Winter [...]

Wonders of Winter presented by Bank of America: Snow Globe Craft

Make a snow globe craft with us! You will [...]

Activities: Tie Dye Butterfly

Morgan demonstrates how to make a tie dye butterfly. [...]

DIY Dinosaur

Zack used some of the cardboard he has around [...]

Activities: Cardboard Tube Frog

Morgan demonstrates that with just a few things you [...]

Activities: Paper Plate Turtle Craft

Morgan demonstrates how to make a paper plate turtle [...]

Activities: Venus Fly Trap craft

Morgan demonstrates how to make a Venus fly trap [...]

Activities: Jellyfish Paper Plate craft

Activities: Jellyfish Paper Plate craft

Jellyfish are fascinating! Did you know... They live in [...]

Activities: Let’s Go Camping Indoors!

Activities: Let’s Go Camping Indoors!

Let’s go camping indoors! If you have a [...]

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The Delaware Museum of Natural History aims to excite and inform people about the natural world through exploration and discovery.

Next month is DMNH's 49th anniversary of the doors

Next month is DMNH's 49th anniversary of the doors opening to the public. While our doors are currently closed for major renovations, we'll definitely be celebrating our 50th in a big way in 2022. Here's part of an article from The Morning News (Wilmington, DE) on Friday, April 14, 1972:

"The Delaware Museum of Natural History, first major museum of natural history to be constructed in the nation since 1900, will open to the public May 13, as scheduled.

Some doubt as to the opening resulted when a fire on March 5 caused extensive damage to the building on Kennett Pike.
The opening date was confirmed last night by John E. du Pont, who first conceived of the idea of the multi-million dollar institution in 1957. Construction was started in the summer of 1969.

The museum houses the largest egg collection in the world. It also features collections of rare sea shells, birds and mammals. Other activities sponsored by the museum include research, the publication of three scientific journals and an educational program."

#OTD #NaturalHistoryMuseums #MuseumHistory #IGDelaware #DMNHtoDelMNS @Delawareonline

Holly the Russian Tortoise loved wandering outside

Holly the Russian Tortoise loved wandering outside at @winterthurmuse with her human friends. Join us and meet more of our Animal Ambassadors, plus enjoy a lot of other fun activities!

#WinterthurSpringFling #tortoisesofinstagram #IGDelaware @winterthurmuse

Today, according to the people who make up days co

Today, according to the people who make up days commemorating various things, it's Clams on the Half Shell Day. With the 10th largest mollusk collection in North America, DMNH clearly has a great interest in such topics. One of the older exhibits at the Museum, now removed for our renovations, featured the mollusk as table delicacy, including a 1970s era menu from @columbusinn with Clams Casino for only $3.50.

(Please note, we did not see Clams Casino on the Columbus Inn's current menu. It probably wouldn't cost $3.50 now anyway).

#NaturalHistoryMuseums #IGDelaware #DMNHtoDelMNS #Clamsonthehalfshell

The walls in the Hall of Birds are coming down. Th

The walls in the Hall of Birds are coming down. This time next year, this view will be of the Delaware Regional Gallery!

#DMNHtoDelMNS #IGDelaware #NaturalHistoryMuseums

March 20 is World Frog Day! Meet Steve, one of our

March 20 is World Frog Day! Meet Steve, one of our Animal Ambassadors. He’s a
fire-bellied toad, a species of frog that belong to the genus Bombina. These special toads have aposematic coloring on their bellies. The bright color tells predators that they are toxic. In order to show off their red undersides, fire-bellied toads have an "unkenreflex", a special behavior where they arch backwards and contort their bodies so that their bellies are visible to predators.

#WorldFrogDay #WorldFrogDay2021 #AnimalAmbassadors #IGDelaware #frog

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