Fossil Friday: There are Many Different Kinds of Fossils! Part 4
Quiz (answers to quiz are at the end of this blog). 1) Body Fossils include all of the following except: a) Shells b) Indentations c)...
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synthiak9
- Aug 5
- 5 min
Fossil Friday: There Many Different Kinds of Fossils! Part 3
Quiz (Answers to the quiz are found at the end of this blog). 1) For the process of mummification to occur, usually an extremely hot or...
synthiak9
- Jul 29
- 4 min
Fossil Friday: There are Many Different Kinds of Fossils! Part 2
Quiz (answers to the quiz are at then end of this blog post) 1) The oldest fossil of any gecko was found encased in amber. This fossil...
synthiak9
- Jul 25
- 5 min
Leonardo da Vinci's "Machine & Robotics Exhibition" Part 3
*Every photo featured in today's blog was taken at the "Da Vinci Machines & Robotics Exhibition" currently on display at Las Vegas...
synthiak9
- Jul 22
- 3 min
Fossil Friday: There are Many Different Kinds of Fossils! Part 1
By Synthia Durrant Quiz (Answers to quiz are at the end of this blog post.) 2) Blue Babe the fossil was named after: a) The fossil...
synthiak9
- Jul 15
- 4 min
Fossil Friday: Australopithecines Existed One Million Years Earlier than Expected!
Quiz (Answers to Quiz are located at the end of this blog post) 1) Ancient humans including Homo erectus, Homo habilis, and Homo...
synthiak9
- Jul 11
- 3 min
Leonardo da Vinci’s “Machines & Robotics Exhibition” Part 2
Many of Da Vinci’s Inventions Went Unrealized In His Day By Synthia Durrant In 1452, the year of Leonardo da Vinci’s birth, there were no...
synthiak9
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Fossil Friday: Not the Ancient Lizards You Might Think They Are
Quiz (answers to quiz are at the end of this blog): 1) The word “brooding” when talking about dinosaurs refers to: a) A way of...
krisalanafuentes
- Jul 1
- 2 min
“Fossil Friday”
July 1st, 2022 by: Synthia Durrant Quiz : Which kind of dinosaur is thought to be the ancestor of modern birds? A)Arthropods B)Sauropods...
krisalanafuentes
- Jun 26
- 4 min
Leonardo Da Vinci: Machines and Robotics
Delve into the world of Da Vinci.
krisalanafuentes
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Fossil Friday
The most expensive fossil to ever be sold and the implications of privately sold specimens.
krisalanafuentes
- Mar 27
- 2 min
Dyann Gets Interviewed
The UNLV Anthropology Department reached out to our very own volunteer intern, Dyann Mones, who's an undergraduate at the University and...
krisalanafuentes
- Mar 27
- 2 min
Best of the City
Best Place To Teach Kids History. That's right, we were recognized and awarded as the best place in Las Vegas to teach history to kids....
krisalanafuentes
- Mar 20
- 2 min
Business After Hours
On Wednesday March 16th, our co-directors, Kate and Laurie, hosted the Vegas Chamber Business After Hours event here at the Museum. The...
krisalanafuentes
- Mar 20
- 1 min
International Wheelchair Day 2022
March 1st was International Wheelchair Day and we had the privilege of working with the Nevada Chapter of the Wheelchair Foundation in...
development784
- Mar 5
- 1 min
One Day Only: Carnival Cavalcade of Canorous Creatures!*
Embark on a scavenger hunt through a musical menagerie hidden throughout the Las Vegas Natural History Museum!
krisalanafuentes
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Fossil Friday: Nevada’s New Giant Ichthyosaur
Fossil Friday goes to the newest discover of the Cymbospondylus youngorum that lived 246 million years ago.
krisalanafuentes
- Jan 30
- 1 min
CRM Unboxing with Laura Benedict
What did the CRM send our repository? Find out in this behind the scenes unboxing video with Laura Benedict!
krisalanafuentes
- Jan 29
- 1 min
Getting to Know Our Cultural History Collections & Federal Repository Manager
Laura Benedict details how she got to where she is today: a cultural history collections & federal repository manager for the LVNHM.
krisalanafuentes
- Jan 29
- 2 min
Museum Makes News!
Details of how our museum has survived 3 decades.