On this #EarthDay, we are celebrating #Alabama's #1 ranking in the United States for freshwater biodiversity! These species need our care and we encourage our visitors and community to support local conservation efforts and safeguard America's waters and natural heritage for generations to come.

The Alabama Museum of Natural History will be closed on Saturday, April 18 and will reopen on Monday, April 20. Photo Credit: Jonathan M. Norris

Do you have Fossil FOMO? Our Fossil Excursions are selling out fast, but we still have available spots on Thursday, July 23 and Saturday, August 8! Register Online: → bit.ly/3Mbf8c2

This is no April Fools' joke! You can now register online for Alabama Museum of Natural History's Fossil Excursions! These trips often sell out and registrations are first-come, first-served. → bit.ly/3Mbf8c2

Looking for some family fun this summer? Registration for the Alabama Museum of Natural History's Fossil Excursions will open on April 1, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.! Register Online: → bit.ly/48i0cU8

Happy #StPatricksDay from the Alabama Museum of Natural History! Make sure you take a good look at the “amateur sketch” to help the residents in the Crichton neighborhood spot the Mobile Leprechaun and find the gold!

Since February 27 is recognized as #PokemonDay, here's a look at the cards (which included holographic Shiny Pokemon Cards) that University of Alabama student Maddy Phillips (Madison Phillips Designs) created for our "Family Day at the Museum" event!

Thanks to everyone who put their cape on to visit the Alabama Museum of Natural History for this year's comic book-themed "Family Day at the Museum"! We hope you enjoyed learning about the connections between superheroes and research!

Heroes aren’t born. They’re built. Join us at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on February 21 from 1-4:00 p.m. for “Family Day at the Museum”! This is a free hands-on exploration of subjects being studied by The University of Alabama’s Graduate Students. Video: UA Student Anna Mullins

Looking for something Marsh-velous to do this weekend? Visit the Alabama Museum of Natural History on February 21 from 1-4 p.m. for “Family Day”! This event is a free hands-on exploration of subjects studied by The University of Alabama’s Graduate Students. Video: UA Student Anna Mullins

Don’t be invisible and see us at the Alabama Museum of Natural History this February 21 from 1-4:00 p.m. for “Family Day at the Museum”! This event is a free and family-friendly hands-on exploration of subjects being studied by The University of Alabama’s Graduate Students. Video: Anna Mullins

“Family Day at the Museum” at the Alabama Museum of Natural History is going to be terrific! Join us on February 21 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.! Enjoy a free hands-on exploration of subjects being studied by The University of Alabama’s Graduate Students. Video: UA Student Anna Mullins

Activate your Spider-Sense with us during "Family Day at the Museum" on February 21 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.! Enjoy a free hands-on exploration of subjects being studied by The University of Alabama's Graduate Students. Video Created by UA Student Anna Mullins

Our Education Intern, Sydney Garthus, interacted with fellow University of Alabama students to help them "fish for love"! This outreach opportunity celebrates Sydney's upcoming exhibit, "Drawn from the Water", which will be on display today through April 3 at the Alabama Museum of Natural History!

#OnThisDay 70 years ago, Autherine Lucy took the first steps towards a more equitable education. Smith Hall and the Alabama Museum of Natural History stood witness to this historic moment and our installation offers a portal between 1956 and 2026. These images will be on view beginning February 6.

The Alabama Museum of Natural History will be closed from December 20, 2025 until January 2, 2026 when the Museum reopens for regular business hours.

Thanks to everyone who visited the Alabama Museum of Natural History for our All Day Holiday Open House! We hope you enjoyed making custom buttons and ornaments, exploring our exhibits through the Scavenger Hunt, and seeing the Museum decorated for the holidays. #Museums #NaturalHistory #Alabama

Visit the Alabama Museum of Natural History today until 4:30 p.m. to create ornaments with dyes we make using Chemistry! We also have a Scavenger Hunt, cookies and hot chocolate, and buttons you can take home!

Make sure you're on the Gneiss List by visiting the Alabama Museum of Natural History on December 12 for our All Day Holiday Open House! From 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., admission to the Museum will be free all day and we're and giving away bookmarks and festive buttons to take home!

The Alabama Museum of Natural History invites visitors to our “All Day Holiday Open House” on December 12 from 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. We'll be making ornaments, providing a Scavenger Hunt, and giving away buttons and bookmarks! Visit website: → bit.ly/48oawe3

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