On this day in 1954, a meteorite blew a hole in Ann Hodges' roof, ricocheted off a large Philco radio, and struck her in the side (she survived). It contains fragments of the first things to make up our solar system. See it at the Alabama Museum of Natural History. → bit.ly/3F92ky9

Thanks to everyone who visited the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum to attend "Haunting at the Museums" and Mrs. Beatrice Aster's Garden Tea Party! We hope you enjoyed exploring history and science and solving the mystery! Photo Credit: Alisha Power and Rebecca Johnson

Mrs. Beatrice Aster (Eastern Bumblebee – 𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) is the last member of Honey Hollow's founding family. You are invited to join Mrs. Aster's free tea party on October 25 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum! 📷 : Ashley Redic

What role does Dr. Edgar Corvus (American Crow – 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘷𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴), the local chemist and naturalist, play in our free and all-ages Garden Tea Party mystery at the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum on October 25 from 5-8:00 p.m.? 📷 : Artwork by Ashley Redic

Professor Hesta Duvernoy (Eastern Hognose – 𝘏𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴) issss absssolutely terrified of crowdsss and ssstaysss inssside mossst daysss. Investigate her role in our free and all-ages Garden Tea Party mystery on October 25 from 5-8:00 p.m. GET DETAILS: ➡️ bit.ly/46XT3s0

Could Mr. Tobias F. Woodhouse III (Fowler's Toad – 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘹𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪), a local businesstoad, be involved in our Garden Tea Party mystery? Visit the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum on Oct. 25 from 5-8:00 p.m. to find out! INFO: ➡️ bit.ly/46XT3s0

Visit the Alabama Museum of Natural History and the Gorgas House Museum on October 25 from 5-8 p.m. to see how military doctor, Colonel William Skeeter (Eastern Red Bat – 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴), fits into our mystery! LEARN MORE: ➡️ bit.ly/46XT3s0 📷 : Ashley Redic

Attend our free "Haunting at the Museums: Garden Tea Party" on October 25 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. to meet Ms. Sandra Perry (Beach Mouse – 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴)! INFO: ➡️ bit.ly/46XT3s0 📷 : Ashley Redic

You are cordially invited to attend our free “Haunting at the Museums: Garden Tea Party” on October 25 from 5-8:00 p.m. Expect hands-on activities, storytelling, and, of course, a bit of mystery! MORE INFO: ➡️ bit.ly/46XT3s0 #UniversityOfAlabama #RollTide #Museums

The Alabama Museum of Natural History has been selected to participate in the Southeastern Museums Conference and the pan-Smithsonian initiative "Reckoning & Reimagining: Building the Future Through the Lens of 250 Years" workshop. READ MORE: ➡️ bit.ly/47mHb2V

𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘪, or the Saban crab 🦀, made its debut on ESPN College GameDay! This fossil is housed in UA Museums' paleontology collection under the care of the Department of Museum Research and Collections. LEARN MORE: ➡️ bit.ly/46Mrhxm

A team led by University of Alabama researchers have discovered several ancient crab and shrimp fossils from central Alabama — including one they have named after legendary football coach Nick Saban. READ MORE: ➡️ bit.ly/3KxKStJ #Alabama #RollTide #UniversityOfAlabama

Crikey! The Alabama Museum of Natural History has unveiled a new exhibit! Allow us to introduce our newest Cretaceous crocodilian, 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴. These "terrible crocodiles" would have preyed upon both aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates, including larger dinosaurs! #FossilFriday #UniversityOfAlabama

Dr. Harry "Bing" Blewitt has volunteered around 7,500 hours over the last 27 years with The University of Alabama Museums and helped to put more than 3000 records in the collections! WATCH: ➡️ bit.ly/46nn7go #UniversityOfAlabama #Museums #Paleontology #Fossils

The Alabama Museum of Natural History's "Excavating Erasure: Jefferson Davis Jackson" exhibit has been selected for the Bronze Award in the Under $10,000 budget category by the Southeastern Museums Conference! READ MORE: ➡️ bit.ly/4mpQiUK #Museums #Alabama #UniversityOfAlabama

Thanks to everyone who visited the Alabama Museum of Natural History for our crocodilian-themed "Alabama Fossil Fest"! We hope you enjoyed talking with paleontologists, participating in our educational programming, seeing our new exhibit unveiling, and attending the presentations.

Have an eye-conic time at the free, all-ages, and Crocodilian-themed "Alabama Fossil Fest" today from 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Alabama Museum of Natural History! VIEW SCHEDULE: ➡️ bit.ly/42kzHKQ Note: The Museum will be closed until 1:00 p.m. #Tuscaloosa #RollTide #Alabama

We made some Gaston-style decor updates to the CVN lab today, thanks to a loan from @almnh.bsky.social !

Make nature observations during this year's Marble Bowl competition on the Alabama Museum of Natural History's team! JOIN THE TEAM: ➡️ bit.ly/4671lw3 #UniversityOfAlabama #RollTide

Discovery Alert‼️In July, Kaylee Baize and Ava Broyles found a great piece of a mosasaur jaw in an Alabama creek during an ALMNH trip for the general public. This Cretaceous (~84 million-year-old) specimen is now in the @almnh.bsky.social paleontology collection. #FossilFriday #paleontology #fossil

Discovery alert‼️A ~84 million-year-old hadrosaur dinosaur tooth was found by ALMNH director Dr. John Friel during a recent Alabama Museum of Natural History summer trip to shark tooth creek in western Alabama. #FossilFriday! @friel.bsky.social @almnh.bsky.social #Cretaceous #paleontology #fossil 😀

To celebrate another semester starting at The University of Alabama, we are excited to announce our first-ever students-only Fossil Excursion on August 30! Available at a discounted price ($20/person) for currently enrolled UA students. REGISTER: ➡️ bit.ly/456DbkJ

Read about how the Alabama Museum of Natural History and The University of Alabama Museums' Department of Museum Research and Collections are fostering a love of fossils and the natural world through community science! news.ua.edu/2025/07/scie... #Museums #UniversityOfAlabama #Fossils

As we adventure on July's Fossil Excursions, here's a look back at our trips on June 17 and June 28! Thanks to everyone who joined us on the search for fossils and we look forward to new experiences and findings in July.

Research Alert ‼️ Why were ~50 enigmatic, small crustaceans from the Carboniferous Period found clustered together? Short News Story: ➡️ bit.ly/44ba40u

For the #4thOfJuly weekend, the Alabama Museum of Natural History will be closed on Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5, 2025 and will reopen on Monday, July 7, 2025. We hope you have a fun and safe holiday weekend.

Crikey! @almnh.bsky.social received a special delivery from Triebold Paleontology today for #FossilFriday, and museum staff are already bonding with our new life-size #Deinosuchus friend as we get it ready for a future exhibit.

At the Alabama Museum of Natural History, we strive to commemorate the past, reflect on the present, and embrace the future. We're excited to share an interview with artist Jahni Moore, the creative behind the Jefferson Davis Jackson portrait in Smith Hall. WATCH: ➡️ bit.ly/43N3VHP #Juneteenth

#FossilFriday‼️🦀🦞🦐 Next week, together with Danish colleagues, I am organizing the 9th Symposium on Fossil Decapod Crustaceans in Faxe, Denmark. Abstract and program books are printed. We will welcome everyone starting on Monday! Website: tiny.cc/fx4m001 #fossil @almnh.bsky.social #paleontology

Say hello to Basilosaurus cetoides, an ancient whale from the Eocene Gulf coast region, and the State Fossil of Alabama! @almnh.bsky.social

"Artemis" - a Clidastes specimen from the Mooreville Chalk Formation in Alabama, and one of the most complete mosasaur skeletons (and certainly the best I've seen from the Eastern US) @almnh.bsky.social

‼️Research alert for #FossilFriday‼️ Well-preserved, ~69 million-year-old ammonites from South Dakota show two type of lethal injuries: lateral punch holes and ventral bite marks in 7.3% of the 1303 shells. Crustaceans and coleoids may be the predators. Read more: tiny.cc/wogl001 @almnh.bsky.social

Following the successful opening of the Alabama Museum of Natural History's "Excavating Erasure: Jefferson Davis Jackson" exhibit, the incredible portrait by Jahni Moore is now permanently on display in Smith Hall. We are thrilled to have this incredible memorial on display! #Tuscaloosa #Alabama

#FossilFriday‼️ 😲 Remarkably large (~20" or 50 cm) ammonite from an Alabama creek exposing Upper Cretaceous sediments. The specimen is still underwater in this photo (see tadpoles 🐸). Specimen @almnh.bsky.social. Discovered by George Martin. #paleontology #fossil #Alabama

When you visit the #Alabama #Museum of Natural History, step inside The Think Tank on the Mezzanine Level of the Grand Gallery! This all-ages space invites you to try on lab coats and goggles, practice using microscopes, and check out our cabinet of curiosities and insect collection.

Electric slide on over to the Alabama Museum of Natural History on May 27 from 5:45 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. for our next dance cardio class with UA Recreation! This totally tubular class will combine fun DAZE moves with hits straight from your Walkman. REGISTER ➡️ bit.ly/3DI0GqN #Tuscaloosa #RollTide

We are at the #Tuscaloosa River Market today until Noon so stop by our table to grab one of our brand-new buttons and hear about #Alabama Museum of Natural History exhibits and upcoming events!

#FossilFriday‼️ Cephalopod time! 😀 Internal molds of nautiloid air chambers exposed in a limestone in central Alabama. Nautiloids can be abundant in some Paleocene rocks in the state. Specimen @almnh.bsky.social collection. Discovered by Research Associate Prescott Atkinson. #paleontology #fossil

#FossilFriday‼️ Tiny specimens often get overlooked, but they are important parts of ecosystems. Here's a very rare, pyritized, ~82 million-year-old coral from Harrell Station in Alabama. 😲 Collected by Jan Novak during a trip organized for the Birmingham Paleo Society. Specimen @almnh.bsky.social.

😲 #FossilFriday‼️ Not one but two rare, pyritized ammonites were discovered at Harrell Station during a recent trip organized for the Birmingham Paleo Society. The only two non-jaw pieces in the last 5 years! Cretaceous (~82 Ma), Alabama. Collectors: Chase Egli & Adiel Klompmaker @almnh.bsky.social

Our Fossil Excursions are SOLD OUT! If you would like to be put on a waitlist, email [email protected]

‼️Student highlight for #FossilFriday‼️ UA Blount Scholars Museum Intern Lilly Roehrig curated a collection of >130 Mississippian-aged crinoids (sea lilies) from Alabama this semester, after a generous donation by Jessica Cost in February. Specimens @almnh.bsky.social collection. #fossil #paleontology

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the opening reception of "Excavating Erasure: Jefferson Davis Jackson"! This new permanent exhibit at the Alabama Museum of Natural History celebrates his life and contributions. We also unveiled a portrait created by Alabama artist, John “Jahni” Moore!

Tonight from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., the Alabama Museum of Natural History will be unveiling a new exhibit focusing on the life and contributions of Jefferson Davis Jackson! We’ll also be debuting a portrait of him created by Alabama artist, John “Jahni” Moore! MORE INFO: ➡️ bit.ly/4i7Sf6k

🦈 Exquisite Cretaceous shark coprolite (dung) from Harrell Station Paleo Site, Alabama. 😲 Mooreville Chalk, ~82 Ma. Coprolites can tell about the diet of ancient sharks. Specimen: ALMNH:Paleo:2389 @almnh.bsky.social Collector: Brown Hawkins, 1990. #FossilFriday‼️ #fossil #paleontology

55+ gardeners in training are invited to the Alabama Museum of Natural History's Grand Gallery on Saturday, April 19 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. for a free program to learn about basic tools you need for gardening, soil samples, and the proper way to plant! REGISTER: ➡️ bit.ly/4jfODQo

Jefferson Davis Jackson spent 65+ years of his life working for The University of Alabama formally as a janitor and cook; however, he performed the duties of a geologist, paleontologist, archaeologist, and exhibition designer. 🧵: 1/4

‼️Research alert for #FossilFriday. Last week, my former intern Celie Cowart presented research at UA's undergraduate conference on "Dining on Oysters during the Cretaceous Period"! While the drilling gastropod culprits did not preserve, they left their traces behind on the shells. @almnh.bsky.social

#FossilFriday‼️ Two weeks ago, I went with my Paleontology & Society class (UA's Blount Scholars Program) to Harrell Station, a classic Cretaceous site in Alabama. Everyone found various fossils, even mosasaur teeth. 😀 Here are mosa teeth found by 3 students! @almnh.bsky.social #fossil #paleontology

No, this isn't an April Fools' joke! Fossil Excursion registrations are now open! We will be taking day trips on June 7, 13, 17 and July 1, 12, 17, 26. Excursions are $40 per person including roundtrip travel from museum to fossil site. REGISTER: ➡️ epay.ua.edu/C20219_ustor...