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Wicked Cocktails

Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL, United States

Join us on Friday the 13th for a spirited sampling event to learn about the biology, history and mixology behind popular cocktails inspired by Wicked Plants!

$25

Fantastic Beasts of the Florida Museum

Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL, United States

Attention wizards and witches! Join us for a magical adventure! Learn which animals inspired fantastic beasts, compete in Harry Potter trivia for house points and calculate your probability of being “bean boozled!”

Free

Wicked Plants, Last Day

Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL, United States

This is your last day to see the Wicked Plants exhibit! Peruse the poisonous, the prickly, and the downright terrifying plants from around the world--and your back yard.

Science Café: The Florida Museum Turns 100

Blue Gill Quality Foods 1310 SW 13th St., Gainesville, FL, United States

Join Florida Museum Director Doug Jones for a look at the Museum’s signature achievements over the past 100 years, as well as a glimpse at the future. Special Blue Gill menu for the Café.

Free

Frogs! Exhibit Opening Day

Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL, United States

It's opening day for our new exhibit: Frogs! Fun, colorful, family-friendly, way to spend your Saturday! Learn all about anurans—commonly known as frogs and toads—with hands-on activities, live frogs on display, and more.

Frog Watch USA Workshop

Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL, United States

Frogs need your help! This citizen scientist training workshop will help you get involved with monitoring local frog populations. Offered in partnership with the Santa Fe Teaching Zoo.

Homeschool Day: Frogs!

Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL, United States

Welcome home-schoolers! Check out the new Frogs! exhibit, get hands-on with fin activities, tour the regular exhibits with docents--it's your day at the Museum!

Science Café: The Amazing World of Frogs

Blue Gill Quality Foods 1310 SW 13th St., Gainesville, FL, United States

Topic: Exploration, Sex, Death and Invasion in the Amazing World of Frogs, with David C. Blackburn, Ph.D., our Associate Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles

Frog Watch USA Workshop

Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL, United States

Frogs need your help! This citizen scientist training workshop will help you get involved with monitoring local frog populations. Offered in partnership with the Santa Fe Teaching Zoo.

Froggy 5K

Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL, United States

Hop over to the Museum to celebrate the opening of its newest featured exhibit, Frogs! A Chorus of Colors, with a 5K race! Medals for running, and prizes for the best froggy costumes!


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