Events

    2023 Sep 12

    Tour: Spontaneous Plants at the Arboretum

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    The Arboretum is known for its towering trees, but if you look closer you will see asters and goldenrods springing up amongst the oaks and the maples. What is the role of these spontaneous plants at the Arboretum and how do staff encourage them through horticultural practices like no-mow areas? Join Horticulturist Ryan Devlin for a walking tour to get answers to these questions and more.

    Learn more and RSVP....

    Read more about Tour: Spontaneous Plants at the Arboretum
    2023 Aug 18

    Caterpillar Walk with Sam Jaffee

    4:00pm to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    The Caterpillar Lab is moving in, and while the exhibit will be full of their munching critters and offer lots to explore, the real story is the one going on outside where these creatures are living out their strange lives in the wild.

    Join Director of the Caterpillar Lab Sam Jaffe on a walk around the property exploring for native caterpillars and other insects. Learn how the Caterpillar Lab finds all of their caterpillars, learn about host plants and parasitoids, and get all of the caterpillar-finding secrets from one of the foremost caterpillar hunters in the world! This...

    Read more about Caterpillar Walk with Sam Jaffee
    2023 Aug 18

    Caterpillar Lab

    Fri Aug 18 (All day) to Sun Aug 20 (All day)

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    The Caterpillar Lab is returning to the Arboretum! This immersive, interactive exhibit will feature hundreds of native caterpillars at every stage in their life cycles. Visitors will be able to learn from the experts as they explore the displays. The Lab offers something for every age group, and will give new insight into the world around us.

    Event dates & times:

    • Friday, August 18: 12:00pm–4:00pm
    • Saturday, August 19: 11:00am–4:00pm
    • Sunday, August 20: 11:00am...
    Read more about Caterpillar Lab
    2023 Aug 13

    Second Sundays at the Arnold Arboretum

    12:00pm to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Peters Hill, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Bring your family and friends to Peters Hill for an afternoon of free tours, crafts, family activities, and more! Did we mention free ice cream and bubbles? Free activities open to all ages include:

    • Tours of Peters Hill offered in both English and Spanish

    • Plant information tents featuring wildflowers and plant defenses, fascinating Arboretum plant highlights, know-how of Arboretum experts, and a rich assortment of cuttings to view up close

    • Ice cream, art activities, lawn games, StoryWalks®, and more!...

    Read more about Second Sundays at the Arnold Arboretum
    2023 Aug 02

    Tour: Invasive Plants

    6:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Invasive plants across the world threaten to take over ecosystems and choke out native plants, and the Arboretum is no exception to this struggle. Join Horticulturist Ryan Devlin to find out how staff are managing invasive plants here, learn what characteristics make a plant invasive, and start identifying the invasives you see all around you.

    Learn more and RSVP.

    Read more about Tour: Invasive Plants
    2023 Jun 21

    Summer Solstice 2023: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

    5:00pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

    Join the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture on the longest day of the year—free of charge—to explore the galleries and new exhibitions at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, and the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.

    Step outdoors to enjoy lively musical and circus performances, play mini-golf, and make a flower crown. Ice cream, mocktails, and snacks will be available to purchase from food trucks and vendors. Don’t miss out on this popular event for all ages...

    Read more about Summer Solstice 2023: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
    2023 Jun 16

    Biophilia and Topology: A Re-imagining of Landscape Architecture

    6:30pm to 7:30pm

    Location: 

    Online or at Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    At its best, landscape architecture merges ecology and design to create landscapes that work with the site, not against it. Dr. Anette Freytag, a professor of the history and theory of landscape architecture, argues that two concepts—biophilia and topology—can help society to better deal with our current environmental crisis and improve wellbeing for all.

    This event will also be livestreamed to YouTube. To sign up for the virtual livestream instead,...

    Read more about Biophilia and Topology: A Re-imagining of Landscape Architecture
    2023 Jun 12

    Climate Health Summer Welcome Reception

    5:00pm to 7:30pm

    Location: 

    Malkin Penthouse, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge

    Are you a student or resident looking to plug into the climate space in Boston? Please join climate-passionate students, interns, residents, fellows, and faculty from across the Harvard health sciences schools and the affiliated hospitals for a welcome reception. At this event, you will have the opportunity to learn about the climate landscape at Harvard and find ways to plug in during your time in Boston. Refreshments will be served.

    ...

    Read more about Climate Health Summer Welcome Reception
    2023 Jun 10

    Mr. Twister and the Tale of Tornado Alley

    12:00pm to 12:45pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    An opera for youth and families, Mr. Twister and the Tale of Tornado Alley follows Mr. Twister and his grandson Bobby on a journey around the globe—from the chilly arctic to the sizzlingly warm Gulf of Mexico. Through the power of his magic telescope, Mr. Twister can see just about everything—except the family reunion of the North and South winds that is about to create a cyclone in Tornado Alley! Join us on this operatic adventure (with puppets!).

    Families are also invited to a pre-show puppetmaking workshop where your child can make a puppet to use during the performance of...

    Read more about Mr. Twister and the Tale of Tornado Alley
    2023 May 21

    Family Hike: Flower Power

    1:00pm to 2:30pm

    Location: 

    Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Families need nature at all times of the year! Meet inside the main gate at the Visitor Center. We’ll look at buds and blooms and learn how bees find flowers. Go on a StoryWalk®, get a bee tattoo, and look at flowers under magnifiers. Free and open to all, most suitable for children ages four through ten.

    Learn more and RSVP.

    Read more about Family Hike: Flower Power
    2023 May 13

    Science Spotlights

    2:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

    Meet up-and-coming scientists and learn about questions at the forefront of research today in this series of short talks. Perhaps you’ll discuss how studying dog reactions help us learn about the evolution of social behavior? Maybe you’ll consider the regrowth of a microscopic worm after injury and what that can teach us about any animal cell. Will you look at how trees manage the tradeoffs of building woody tissue or look for geological evidence of Earth’s first billion years? Each Science Spotlight in the series will include several short research talks.

    Ages 10–Adults....

    Read more about Science Spotlights
    2023 May 08

    Next in Food Sustainability and Climate Change

    2:00pm

    Location: 

    Online or at Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

    What does climate change mean for our food systems? How do our food production and consumption habits contribute to the climate crisis? Speakers will explore the complex interplay of food and climate change, challenging and illuminating our unsustainable relationships with meat and water, soil and sea.

    Learn more and RSVP.

    Read more about Next in Food Sustainability and Climate Change
    2023 May 07

    Frog-Legged Beetle Dome

    1:30pm to 4:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

    Prepare and pose an iridescent frog-legged beetle specimen and mount it in a miniature environment of your creation, all enclosed within a three-inch glass dome. Materials are included but participants are encouraged to bring rocks, crystals, dried flowers, or other materials to further enhance their insect’s home.

    Open to children with adult supervision and those ages 12 and up.

    Cost: $95 members / $115 nonmembers

    ...

    Read more about Frog-Legged Beetle Dome
    2023 May 06

    Guided Tours at Arnold Arboretum

    Repeats every week on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday until Tue May 30 2023 except Sun May 14 2023, Tue May 16 2023, Sun May 28 2023, Mon May 29 2023.
    (All day)

    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)
    (All day)

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Join us for a walk through the Arboretum! Tour seasonal plant highlights and learn about Arboretum history from a trained docent. Tour is 90 minutes long.

    Tour times are at 10:30am or 1:00pm, depending on availability.

    Learn more and RSVP.

    Read more about Guided Tours at Arnold Arboretum

Pages