Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Welcome back, Ducks! 🦆 Did you know admission to the museum is free with your UO ID card? We're open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and open until 8:00 p.m. on Thursdays. 🏛️ 050
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Visualizing empathy: Students in the @uoregon.bsky.social course "Migrant Belongings" explored how we might build empathy for people who migrate through the belongings they carried. The museum's hallway gallery displays the culmination of their work. #worlddayofmigrantsandrefugees 🏛️ 🎨 061
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fall's in the air! These tiny acorn fossils were found near Cape Blanco, Oregon and are at least 15 million years old. #FossilFriday🧪 🏛️ 2257
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026We're back open normal hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and open until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Shout out to our collections staff and campus facilities partners for a safe and successful move of more than 2000 specimens. 🏛️🧪 0133
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We're closed Wednesday, September 16, and Thursday, September 17, to move the museum's ornithological collection to more appropriate long-term storage. We will reopen Friday, September 18, with our normal hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 🏛️🧪 270
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Click through for the thread... 👀 👀 👀 042
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This mask is made of Siapo cloth, a nonwoven material made from bark. The museum received this as a gift from Reggie Meredith Fitiao and Su'a Uilisone Fitiao, scholars from American Samoa who visited our tapa cloth collection in 2022. It's the most recent item in the America at 250 exhibit.🏛️🏺 0140
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Saturday, August 29, is your last chance for 2026 Family Fun in the Sun at the museum, but we have a ton of great family activities coming up in the fall. Stay tuned! ☀️😎🦖🏛️ 320
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This summer has been packed full of exploration! Our Family Fun in the Sun program has adventured with the creatures that buzz around our world today🐝, the giants that roamed our area 10,000 years ago🐘, and the natural forces that shape Earth🌋. We've got one more weekend of a dino-mite adventure. 🎉🦖 020
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Share your love of science and history! Applications are now open for our public-facing volunteer program. Applications will be accepted through September 27. Learn more here: mnch.uoregon.edu/student-reso... #scicomm 🏛️🧪 072
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Our newest exhibit "The Buzz about Bees" is on view until January! Get all up in the bees' leg hair with these large format photos 🏛️🧪🐝 195
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026What time is it? This piece of an early electric mantle clock was found at an archaeological site at a homestead in Bend, Oregon. Mantle clocks were common furnishings in the early 20th century, and as electrification expanded across the United States, electric clocks quickly became popular. 🏺🏛️ 040
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Our education team is all smiles this summer! From visiting 110 libraries, parks, and community centers around Oregon to leading science-themed activities in our museum courtyard, MNCH educators have been as busy as bees 🐝🐝🧪🏛️ 070
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026We’re open this week during the World Athletics U20 Championships! Beat the heat and smoke at the museum. Some streets near the museum are closed, so plan on taking alternate transportation or leaving extra time for parking. 010
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This replica fossil skull is of a Sea Otter Dog. The strong tooth enamel and shape of the premolars suggest this was the first dog adapted to cracking its prey's bones for the marrow inside. Enhydrocyon lived 29-21 million years ago. #paleosky #FossilFriday 1277
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026As the United States commemorates 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, "America at 250: Before, Between, Beyond" invites you to reflect on where we have been, who we are, and what America might yet become. On view through March 2027.🏛️ 181
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026We've been reaccredited by the American Alliance of Museums! This is the highest national distinction afforded to US museums and must be reviewed every ten years. Fewer than 4% of US museums hold this distinction. This achievement belongs to our entire staff & their dedication to best practices. 🏛️🎉 0141
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Our student staff have done it again! Our Paramylodon front desk attendant Mylo (from Western Science Center) has a very on-theme uniform these days. And of course their wings are anatomically correct for bees. 🐝🏛️ 041
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026And now, for a Friday moment of zen: photos from last week's opening of The Buzz About Bees exhibit. Tomorrow is the last day to do all the fun Bees and Bugs activities in the museum courtyard. Why not go to a museum this weekend? 040
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026A very happy last day to both of our summer archaeology field schools! Keep your eyes out for more pictures and updates from the Northern Great Basin Collaborative Archaeology and Applegate House field schools.🏛️🏺🧪 0223
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A tiny bee on a Douglas aster flower in our Native Plant Courtyard! Douglas aster loves disturbed areas and is a late-summer food source for many pollinators. 🌸🐝 072
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026This thimbleberry flower from spring in our courtyard really brings out the yellow on the bumblebee! Thimbleberry plants have large fuzzy leaves and grow all over the western United States. 🌸🐝 080
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Nootka Rose is native and widespread west of the Rocky Mountains! Rosa nutkana are primarily pollinated by bees, who love the open-faced flowers. 🐝🌸🏛️ 082
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The bees love our Native Plant Courtyard's showy milkweed! Asclepias speciosa is one of four common native milkweeds in Oregon. 🏛️🌸🐝 1143
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Have you heard the buzz? Our opening night reception for The Buzz About Bees will include light appetizers, family-friendly activities, a bee-themed craft from @uoregon.bsky.social Craft Center, and an observation hive from Save the Bee! 🐝 🏛️ 021
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026As the United States commemorates 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, come visit our exhibit America at 250: Before, Between, Beyond! We'll be closed Saturday, July 4 and open Friday, July 3 and Sunday, July 5.🏛️ 040
Reposted by Museum of Natural and Cultural HistoryTodd Braje @tbraje.bsky.social · 01/07/2026My new book is available for preorder! Mammoths and Empires—rethinking 15,000 years of Indigenous history in the Americas. 🏺 Preorder it from Bookshop here: bookshop.org/p/books/mamm...bookshop.orgMammoths and Empires: A History of Indigenous Discovery, Civilization, and Adaptation in the AmericasA History of Indigenous Discovery, Civilization, and Adaptation in the Americas 0166
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026We're open Wednesday through Friday and Sunday this week! Come see America at 250: Before, Between, Beyond. tinyurl.com/v8dm53c5tinyurl.comUO museum exhibit asks whose stories define America at 250An exhibit at the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History looks beyond the traditional narrative of America's founding using rarely displayed artifacts from Indigenous and immigr... 061
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Take a moment with us to celebrate a member of the @uoregon.bsky.social Class of '26. 🎓Rowan has been a museum educator for 2 years. She's brought our summer library programs all across Oregon and taught countless K12 field trips. 🏛️🏺#GoDucks 060
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Take a moment with us to celebrate a member of the @uoregon.bsky.social Class of '26. 🎓Brian worked for marketing & business at MNCH and developed our short-form videos greatly. You'll recognize his voice from the "Did you know..." He's on to work in tax services at @kpmgus.bsky.social ! 🏛️🏺#goducks 150
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Take a moment with us to celebrate a member of the @uoregon.bsky.social Class of '26. 🎓Alex volunteered in 2 research labs and on our exhibit floors, attended summer field school, worked as a student technician, and been a member of our student club. He's on to grad school at Wash State! 🏛️🏺#goducks 020
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026🎓Take a moment with us to celebrate a member of the @uoregon.bsky.social ky.social Class of 2026. 🎓 Claudia has worked in our collections for 2 years and graduates with a BA in Anthropology. She won a museum undergraduate research award for her poster analyzing an 8000 year old hearth. 🏺🧪🏛️#goducks 1454
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 17/06/2026🎓Take a moment with us to celebrate a member of the @uoregon.bsky.social Class of 2026. 🎓 Becs has worked in our collections for 2 years and graduates with a BA in Anthropology. Her thesis was titled "Native Displacement in Central California: Analysis of Mission Records at San Juan Bautista.” 🏺🏛️ 0121
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026@uoregon.bsky.social students are the heart of everything we do, and that's especially true of our student employees, volunteers, and club members. To the class of 2026: amazing job. We are lucky to have known you and we can't wait to see what you do next. 🎓🦆🦣 #goducks 031
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026This Pulalius vulgaris fossil shows off a crab that lived in the Oligocene - 23 to 33 million years ago! It was found near Keasey, Oregon. #worldoceanday 15215
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026ReEnvisioned: Contemporary Portraits of our Black Ancestors illuminates the lives of some of Oregon's early Black residents. This English/Spanish bilingual exhibition of ten portraits by artist Jeremy Okai Davis and closes Sunday, June 21. 010
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Checking in our Oregon Native Plant Courtyard! Spring blooms are finishing up and early summer flowers are beginning in earnest. 🌺 1100
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The exhibit America at 250: Before, Between, Beyond explores the diverse histories represented in the museum's collections. This ink drawing on seal skin by Yupik artist Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk captures scenes from her daily life in 1943. #IndigenousArt 🏛️ 🎨 071
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Can someone point the folks over at Mastodon at this? We don't have an account there. 🏺 161
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026ATTENTION ARCHAEOLOGISTS🏺: We're hiring a Director of our Archaeological Research Division! Apply today. The museum has been a major force in the archaeological research of Oregon since the early 1930s, and that legacy continues to evolve and grow. careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/53... 12515
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Applications are now CLOSED for our summer field schools, but why should students get to have all the fun? Applications for director of our archaeological research division are OPEN: careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/53...careers.uoregon.eduCurrent Opportunities | UO HR Website 001
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Ooh! Ooh! I TOLD my boss I could use this some today. #BlurBee in our Native Plant Courtyard - in a thimbleberry flower! 071
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026We've been a hive of activity preparing for our newest exhibit! Save the date: The Buzz About Bees opens Friday, July 10, and promises to be as sweet as honey. Discover the vast variety of Oregon’s bees and learn about bee behavior with up-close photographs and hands-on activities. #WorldBeeDay 🐝 092
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 16/05/2026We raised $19500 from 84 gifts during yesterday's #DucksGive... and we couldn't have done it without you! Thank you for all your support of the museum as we strive to make education accessible for all Oregonians and help University of Oregon students meet their career-readiness goals. 🦆🐘🏛️ 051
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 14/05/2026ALL CHALLENGES MET. 😍🥲 Can we keep the momentum going? Read about the program here: news.uoregon.edu/how-i-spent-... and give here: ducksgive.uoregon.edu/amb/skippnews.uoregon.eduHow I spent my summer vacation: student educators bring science to towns across OregonThe annual outreach by the Museum of Natural and Cultural History means as much to the students who give the talks as to the communities that host them 011
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 14/05/2026We've met TWO of the THREE challenge gifts already 🥲 One of the librarians we visited last year: "We’re about an hour from the border to Idaho—we are so far from everybody and we are just starved for things like this" -Missy Grammon, Baker County Library District ducksgive.uoregon.edu/amb/skipp 041
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 14/05/2026#DucksGive has begun! This year, we're raising money to fund a team of @uoregon.bsky.social student educators as they bring museum education to over 100 public libraries across Oregon. 🧪🏛️ ducksgive.uoregon.edu/giving-day/1... 2135
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 12/05/2026"Museums...steward objects, fossils and other archaeological materials that researchers and others uncovered before there were means for studying them. These objects hold vital clues to the past, but only recently has technology advanced enough to probe the secrets they hold."🏛️🏺🧪 bit.ly/4uE67f6news.uoregon.eduOldest hide find shows the value of UO museum collections and field schoolsArtifacts from the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History shed light on humans who lived long ago 0142
Museum of Natural and Cultural History @uomnch.bsky.social · 11/05/2026We've extended this deadline to Friday, May 15! Check out the original🧵for more info and apply now! 🧪🏛️🏺 01410