The MSU Museum will present its 10th annual Darwin Discovery Day from 1 to 5 p.m. on Feb. 9.
The afternoon of science, exploration and discovery honors the work of deceased scientist Charles Darwin.
The following presentations and attractions will be available as part of the event:
- MSU Museum naturalist Jim Harding, “the Critterguy,” will show off live critters from the MSU Herpetology Club.
- MSU Fisheries and Wildlife Club members will teach about the conservation of endangered species.
- Kids can become junior scientists in the Darwin Kidzone, which is supervised by MSU Darwin scholar Rich Bellon.
- MSU Museum staff will give behind-the-scenes tours of museum collections.
- Interesting specimens from the museum’ dinosaur casts will be on display in Habitat Hall.
Visitors also can bring in a rock, bone, fossil, tooth or other natural object for museum curators and faculty members to identify. More information can be found here.