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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening: The University of Montana Herbarium
DESCRIPTION:Location: The Montana Natural History Center\nDate: Friday\, November 21\, 2025\nTime: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. \nThis is a FREE community event. \nWe are excited to invite you to the opening of our latest exhibit! Join us for a special evening celebrating the quiet wonders of The University of Montana Herbarium where art\, history\, and science come together in our newest exhibit in the Naturalist Field Station. \nEnjoy light refreshments\, meet the herbarium team\, and mingle with other nature lovers! \nWhether you’re a lifelong plant lover or just curious about how leaves become lasting records\, we’d love to share this experience with you. Free and open to all! \n 
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SUMMARY:First Friday - Inspired by Nature: Block Prints By David Miles Lusk
DESCRIPTION:Date: June 5\, 2026\nTime: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.\nLocation: Montana Natural History Center\nCost: Free\, and open to the public \nJoin us for a First Friday event with artist David Miles Lusk of Anomal Press\, as he shares work from his block print collection. David will provide a brief introduction about his work and its inspiration from the natural world. Come meet the artist\, and enjoy a fun night at MNHC! \nLight snacks and beverages provided. \nArtist Statement: I started making art when I was a kid as a way to make meaning out of the world around me. I would spend hours tromping around the wilderness of Montana\, drawing and making marks on anything I could\, whether in the margins of my school papers\, on a sandy beach\, or whittling walking sticks around a campfire. Art has always been my primary tool for processing and learning about this wonderfully weird thing called life. \nI was introduced to relief printmaking 20 years ago by my high school art teacher\, Marvin Pauls\, and was immediately hooked. My love of drawing and whittling wood merged into one process\, and I have been practicing ever since. Relief printmaking is both an art and a craft. Each project involves research and keen observation. Every design is drawn\, carved\, and printed by hand. \nI feel so lucky to have grown up in Montana\, and its natural beauty has always provided an ample amount of inspiration to keep my imagination flowing. This body of work is a reflection of the love\, admiration\, curiosity\, and gratitude I have for nature. As an artist\, there is nothing more satisfying than inspiring others through my work.
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SUMMARY:MNHC Open House!
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, July 30th\nTime: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.\nLocation: Montana Natural History center\nCost: Free and open to the public \nJoin us for an MNHC Open House and Membership Drive! Come and experience a sampling of the incredible programs and nature educators that have defined the Montana Natural History Center for over three decades. We’re hosting micro programs throughout the evening where guests can choose from bird sounds trivia\, rock painting and rockhounding\, native plant education\, taxidermy talk\, and so much more! Enjoy print making with artist David Miles Lusk from Anomal Press. And be sure to bring in your gems and rocks and try and stump geologist Bruce Baty! The UM’s own Monte will be there to help teach us a little more about Montana’s bears! \nThere’s a little something for all interests and all ages. See program details below! \nIn addition\, as we celebrate 35 years of nature education in western Montana\, we’ll be unveiling our new display that honors these last three+ decades and invites our community to see themselves in the next great chapter of MNHC. \nThis Open House coincides with our Membership Drive. Our goal is to double our current membership. Come and check out MNHC and get to know more about our quality programming and membership benefits that include free admission to over 300 science and natural centers across the nation\, including Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman and Exploration Works in Helena. \nIce cream and light refreshments included! \nWe can’t wait to host you on July 30th at this special community event. \nALL programs are FREE (unless noted) and open to the public. Here is a little bit of what we have in store! \nPrintmaking with David Lusk! Bring in a T-shirt\, tea towel\, or any piece of fabric you’d like\, for printmaking with local Montana artist David Miles Lusk of Anomal Press. We’ll have all the supplies you need\, just bring your fabric item and David will print it for you. While you’re here\, take a look at MNHC’s gallery that currently features a collection of David’s work inspired by nature! Cost is $20 per pull\, paid to Anomal Press. \nRock Painting and Garden Stepping Stones! Great activities for kids and kids-at-heart\, educators Nora Christy and Erin Vielbig invite you to transform rocks into garden creatures\, and build stepping stones inspired by some of our favorite pollinators and native plants. Nora and Erin are two of our incredible Teaching Naturalists in our VNS program\, working with 4th- and 5th-graders throughout classrooms in western Montana. BEE ready for fun! \nBear Aware with the Griz’s Monte! Get up-close with bear claws\, skulls\, and scat?! and learn more about responsible cohabiting with bears in Montana\, including a bear spray demonstration. Naturalist and wildlife biology student Elisa Spencer leads this program and is ready to share her years of bear work as a zookeeper and her undergrad research with grizzly skulls. Plus\, the U of M’s Monte has a few (literal) tricks up his sleeve to make bear education extra memorable! \nMONTANA ROCKS! Gems\, minerals\, and rocks – oh my! Bring in some of your favorite rocky treasures and geologist Bruce Baty will tell you a little more about the natural history of your crystals\, minerals\, and more. With almost six decades of geology studies under his belt (or belt-rock\, if you will) if you can stump Bruce\, you’ll receive a special prize! \nCHIRP! TWEET! Do you hear that? Test your knowledge of bird calls and songs with Teaching Naturalist and birder Ryan Mahar. In addition to teaching 4th- and 5th-graders in our Visiting Naturalist in the Schools program\, Ryan often leads our birding programs for our Master Naturalist Certification Course and hosts our Naturalist Trivia nights. He loves a good game\, especially one that invites you to learn how to recognize patterns and rhythms in bird vocalizations that you can take with you on the trail! \nAre You a Rockhound? Find a rock! Family fun! Practice a little bit of rockhounding and learn the difference between a rock a mineral. Educator and MNHC’s Community Programs Coordinator Christine Morris leads this fun activity that includes the chance to learn more about the incredible complexity of the rocks we walk upon every day! AND you get to take home a treasure all you own! \nTalking Taxidermy! While taxidermy can’t talk\, they do have a story to tell! MNHC’s Collections Manager\, Alyssa Cornell\, will share the history of some of our most storied and unusual taxidermy at the museum\, and provide insight into this unique art form and education tool! You’ll also have the chance to learn more about specimens in our collections that aren’t always available to the everyday public!
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