Mark your calendars for our Jurassic June night. 🦕🦖 We will be open late, with staff tours of the visiting dinosaur exhibit, explorations into the world during the Mesozoic, and discussions on paelo art. It’s Museum Night Live! #MNH #SNL #Thursday #June #Jurassic

Today is #WorldBeeDay! 🐝 Did you know a single bee can visit up to 100 flowers in just one collection trip? They are vital pollinators that support the plant and seed growth keeping our ecosystems healthy. Learn more about them on your next visit to @mnhnovascotia.bsky.social

Ram's-Head Lady Slipper is ENDANGERED in NS. This rare orchid grows in isolated areas with gypsum bedrock. It is illegal to disturb, pick, or remove Ram's Head Lady Slipper from their habitat. sarguide.speciesatrisk.ca/sites/sargui... #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #LadySlipperOrchid

What’s that? #Free admission you say? Monday, May 18th is International #Museum Day and we’re celebrating by inviting you to visit our museum for free! #MNH #Halifax #NovaScotia

Prototype Quillwort is Vulnerable in Nova Scotia. This small submerged aquatic plant is currently found in only thirteen lakes around the world, with the majority of the population existing in nine lakes located within Nova Scotia. #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #AquaticPlants

Touch grass? Nah. Touch quartz. Granite. Limestone. Let geology bring you back to life. #Geology #Rocks #Minerals #Earth #MNH

When you realize it is a long weekend, and the museum is free on Monday, May 18th. (May 18th is International Museum Day) #MNH #Museum #LongWeekend #Free #NovaScotia

Gus, our 103 year old gopher tortoise, wishes a happy 100th birthday to David Attenborough. 💚 We think the two of them would get along well. #MNH #Birthday #DavidAttenborough #HappyBirthday

Is Gus a gold winner to you? Gus the gopher tortoise is 103 years old, celebrating 104 years this August. He has welcomed visitors with the museum since 1942. This year, he was voted best local character, winning gold in this category. Not his first win and hopefully not his last! #MNH #Gus #Best

Annie L. Prat’s delightful watercolour, 'Clifton: The Old Garden and Sundial.' Painted from the library window, this piece captures a quiet garden scene that still exists today: lush trees, blooming foliage, and the weathered pedestal of a sundial. collections.novascotia.ca/object-66-15...

Pink Coreopsis is ENDANGERED in Nova Scotia. In Canada, this Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora (ACPF) species only grows on the shorelines of a few lakes in Southern Nova Scotia. www.speciesatrisk.ca/coastalplain... #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #AtlanticCoastalPlainFlora

Slug eggs?!?! You just never know what you’ll find under a log. 🪵 #MNH #Nature #Slug #GetOutside

Discover a beautiful intersection of 19th-century art and botany. Elizabeth Wiswell’s "The Wild Flowers of Nova Scotia" is a collection of botanical paintings that documents the flora of our province with incredible detail. collections.novascotia.ca/object-58-7-1

This queen bumblebee was observed in the Halifax Public Gardens today, May 4th. How do we know it was a queen? 👑 #MNH #Bees #Queen #Bumblebee

Families of all shapes and sizes can enjoy a museum visit, especially on May the 4th. #MNH #StarWars #MayThe4th #Museum #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Grogu spends the afternoon exploring Nova Scotia’s natural history but he’s really looking for a snack. #NovaScotia #Maythe4th #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay

Imperial Forces arrive at the Museum of Natural History just in time to see Gus go for his daily walk (3pm). #MNH #StarWars

Summer Street is home to the Museum of Natural History, the Wanderers Grounds, and the Halifax Public Gardens. When the Halifax Wanderers or Halifax Tides play at the Wanderers Grounds, the small parking lot next to the Museum closes to the public 2.5 hours before kick-off.

Us looking for #sunshine.

#TransverseLadyBeetles are ENDANGERED in Nova Scotia. Until 1985, this Lady Beetle was common. Competition with non-native species has contributed to their decline. 450 Ladybugs species live in North America – All with Different spot patterns! 🐞 sarguide.speciesatrisk.ca/sites/sargui...

No lies detected in these gift shop pins and stickers. (The way staff shouted in glee and excitement upon seeing them!! Get yours today!) Created by Hissing Mink #MNH #Stickers #GiftShop #Museum

Our popular Collage Night series returns with a focus on “Tiny Things.” Join our curators for a unique look at small wonders from the museum’s collection. Wednesday 29 April from 6pm to 9pm at the Museum of Natural History, Halifax. naturalhistory.novascotia.ca/whats-on/nat...

That was quick! The Museum of Natural History is now OPEN for Monday, April 27th, 2026. Power has been restored. #MNH #Monday #Halifax #NovaScotia

Monday, April 27th, 2026. The Museum of Natural History is without power due to a transmission interruption. We are closed to the public as a result. Please stay tuned to our social media for updates on our hours of operation. #MNH #Closed #PowerOutage #Halifax #NovaScotia

Wood Frogs are among the first amphibians to emerge from hibernation in the spring. They are active between March-October. Breeding happens in April/May. Eggs are laid in shallow water or attached to aquatic vegetation. Tadpoles develop quickly and transform in July/August. They live ~5-8 years.

Imagine what it must feel like to find a fossil of a previously unknown reptile. This exceptionally well-preserved fossil skull was discovered by George Hrynewich and his son, Sandy, at Burntcoat Head on the Bay of Fundy in 1999. #FossilFriday #NovaScotia

Visit your museum tonight! Open until 8pm and admission is free. #MNH #Halifax #museum #ThingsToDo

This #weekend in #Halifax (and around the world) is the City Nature Challenge! Get outside, snap some pictures of nature, and upload to iNaturalist! #Nature Curator of Botany Sean Haughian is leading a #lichen hike on Friday, April 24th For details and registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happy Earth Day from our favourite place on Earth, Nova Scotia 🌎(Photo: ©ESA) Share pics of your favorite place in Nova Scotia & tag us.

Take today, April 22 to celebrate #EarthDay Looking for a few ideas: stop in for a visit #MNH #Museum Check out our exhibits and chat with a Naturalist. Tomorrow, April 23 the Museum is open late! Enjoy the opportunity for special tours, talks and a night of drawing in the galleries.

Celebrate #EarthDay and remember there are over 60 animals and plants that are designated #SpeciesAtRisk within #NovaScotia. The act of learning, inspirating others, or joining an environmental group shows that we can all make a difference. #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #EarthDay

Everyone knows Gus and his good friend Root the Wood Turtle @mnhnovascotia.bsky.social - but did you know that the NSM Geology Collection also has 80,000 year old Wood Turtles from the mastodon sinkhole? Imagine putting these ancient puzzles together!

Find light amongst the fog. Find small joys in dreary days. #MNH #Spring #Joy #Rain #Daffodil

Sometimes the smallest things in nature can have incredible impacts and bring wonder. Join us as we explore an array of small wonders from nature. As we create our collages, we may consider the perspective of these tiny treasures. For details visit: naturalhistory.novascotia.ca/whats-on/nat...

Welcome back to Summer Street, soccer fans! This Saturday, April 18th, is the home opener for the HFX Wanderers FC . And the Halifax Tides FC rise up on their home opener on April 25th! ⚽ (keep reading for important parking info!) #MNH #Halifax #Soccer #Museum #April

We’ve got your plans for #Thursday covered on #April 23rd, #Halifax. Day or night.

The #YellowBandedBumbleBee is VULNERABLE in Nova Scotia. A native pollinator to North America and Canada the Yellow-banded Bumble Bee is a medium-sized bumble bee, which appears mostly black with two wide bands of yellow across there abdomen. #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #Bee

In 1832, Jacob Green MD was the FIRST to illustrate and describe a fossil from #NovaScotia - Asaphus crypturus, a giant Devonian trilobite from #MooseRiver at #Clementsport. Green also made plaster reference casts shared with museums around the world. He obtained the fossi from Francis Alger.

A vernal pool, also known as an ephemeral pool, is a temporary, seasonal pool of freshwater. #MNH #Spring #Water #Amphibians

If you could talk to any species of animal, what species would you choose and why is it wood turtle? #MNH #Turtle #Talk

Our feet (and yours!) have never been better dressed. Did you know that museum pass holders save in the gift shop? 15% of your purchases! A good reason to treat yourself to a cool pair of socks! 🧦 #MNH #Museum #GiftShop #Socks #TreatYourself

Who do we have here? A red eared slider and an eastern painted turtle, basking in the sun together. #MNH #Turtle #Turtles #Invasive #NovaScotia

A pair of ducks stopped by @mnhnovascotia.bsky.social for a visit this morning. Hopefully they headed back to the Public Gardens.

The #Bobolink is VULNERABLE in Nova Scotia. This songbird of the blackbird family is found in meadows and hayfields of Nova Scotia during the breeding season. As a migratory bird, Bobolink winter in southern South America. www.canada.ca/en/environme... #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #Birds

Wood #frogs are among the first #amphibians to emerge from hibernation in the #spring. Wood frogs can survive cold temperatures while hibernating by increasing the amount of glucose in their blood. This acts as a “cryoprotectant”, which means the water is unable to freeze inside their blood cells.

The Museum of Natural History is CLOSED today, Sunday April 5th. See you on Monday!

#HarlequinDucks are ENDANGERED in Nova Scotia. These small sea ducks, nicknamed, Lords & Ladies, migrate to Nova Scotia for the winter. Nova Scotia currently hosts a small population of 250 Harlequin ducks. www.canada.ca/en/environme... #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #Birds

Don’t be suspicious, don’t be suspicious….🎶 We’ve hidden ten bird eggs in the #museum displays. See if you can find them all! But only until #April 10th. The Museum of Natural History will be open April 3, 4 and 6 regular hours (9:30am - 4:30pm). We are closed on Sunday, April 5th. #MNH #Spring

While Astronaut Jeremy Hansen makes history as the first Canadian to venture toward the Moon on the #ArtemisII mission, you can get a “mission control” view right here at the Museum of Natural History. Explore the lunar surface on our Science on a Sphere. 🚀

A new species of land urchin has been discovered in Nova Scotia. Unlike the green sea urchin, which resides in our coastal waters, these urchins are found on land, primarily underneath American Chestnut trees.