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Nikon's Small World Photomicrography Exhibition
View the winning images of this annual competition showcasing the delicate balance between scientific technique and art.
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Chase Away the Winter Blues Outdoor Tour
Meet at Magnolia Plaza by the building steps. Join licensed psychotherapist and veteran BBG guide Lynne Spevack for this narrated walk designed to relieve the winter doldrums. Walks are held in all weather; dress warmly. First Sundays only of Dec-March.
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First Sundays
First Sunday of each winter month December-March. Free programs (with Garden admission) for the entire family! Family Story Time, Winter Nature Walk, Chase Away the Winter Blues Outdoor Tour, Conservatory Seasonal Highlights Tour
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February Break Discovery Days
Explore habitats from around the world and hands-on science fun during the midwinter school break. Explore the lush conservatories on scavenger hunts, listen to stories, and pot up a plant to take home. Activities are the same each day.
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February Break Family Programs: Storytime & Craft
Bring your little gardeners and nature lovers to QBG for a relaxing winter afternoon featuring nature-inspired stories, followed by a botanically-themed craft activity. Recommended for ages 10 and under. Drop-in.
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Children’s Garden Open House
Learn about the garden and nature programs we have for kids ages 2 to 14 and see how worms wiggle, discover the QBG plant collection, create your own tasty trail mix, plant a seedling, or do a garden-wide scavenger hunt. Registration required: 2019childrensgardenoh.eventbrite.com
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Music in the Garden: Quintet of the Americas
Quintet of the Americas is one of the longest-running wind quintets in North America.
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UA Science Expo
EXPO is our end of year celebration where Urban Advantage students from all borough come and present their projects.
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Space Show: Dark Universe
The Hayden Planetarium Space Show Dark Universe celebrates the pivotal discoveries that have led us to greater knowledge of the structure and history of the universe and our place in it- and to new frontiers for exploration. Check website for times.
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The Titanosaur
The Museum added a must see exhibit to its famous Fossil Halls: a cast of a 122 ft long dinosaur.This species is so new that it hasn’t yet been named by the paleontologists who found it. Scientists think this dinosaur, part of a group known as titanosaurs, weighed about 70 tons.
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Unseen Oceans
Experience an ocean you never imagined. Enter a sensory world of the ocan at night and discover the fluorescent secrets of undersea animals and explore the dreamatic undersea landscape of the deep ocean.
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Pondlife Exhibit
This multimedia exhibition by scientist and filmmaker Sally Warring combines art and biology in an exploration of the microbial communities in the ponds and waterways at the Garden.
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Penguin Feedings
Our black-footed penguins bray loudly to each other during their daily feedings. It’s one way they strengthen their pair bonds, along with preening each other and rubbing bills. Feeding times depend on animal needs. Check the daily schedule in the Main Lobby.
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Giant Screen 2D/3D Movie
In Backyard Wilderness, follow a girl who discovers the secrets that nature has hidden close to her front door. This film reveals animal inhabitants in rare and breathtaking detail, inside dens and nests, and moving along forests floors and pond bottoms. Check website for times.
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