{"id":1825,"date":"2013-02-28T20:20:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T00:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2013-02-28T20:20:12","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T00:20:12","slug":"check-out-harvards-museum-of-natural-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=1825","title":{"rendered":"Check out Harvard&#8217;s Museum of Natural History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians:<br \/>\nLooking for new and fun things to do with children when the weather is<br \/>\nstill cold and crummy? <\/p>\n<p>Look no farther than the John Curtis Free Library &#8211; where you&#8217;ll find<br \/>\na slew of passes to excellent cultural organizations &#8211; from the New<br \/>\nEngland Aquarium, to the Children&#8217;s Museum, to Harvard&#8217;s Museum of<br \/>\nNatural History. <\/p>\n<p>If you have never been, consider visiting Harvard&#8217;s Museum of Natural<br \/>\nHistory which is chalk full of incredible, family-friendly exhibits<br \/>\nincluding Native American artifacts, pre-historic fossils (including a<br \/>\n42-foot mounted Kronosaurus), and innumerable taxidermy animals and<br \/>\nbirds from Africa, New England, and the world at large among other<br \/>\nexcellent permanent and temporary exhibits. Visit<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.hmnh.harvard.edu\/<br \/>\n for more information and check out the passes in person or on-line at<br \/>\nthe John Curtis Free Library, http:\/\/www.hanovermass.com\/library\/<br \/>\n. Passes to the Harvard Museum of Natural History are brought to you<br \/>\nby the Friends of the John Curtis Free Library.<\/p>\n<p>Coming to the Harvard Museum of Natural History this March: Their<br \/>\nAnnual Family Festival:<\/p>\n<p>Join the museum for their biggest family event of the year: \u201cStories<br \/>\nthrough Time\u201d, on Saturday, March 9, 9:00 a.m. &#8211; 4:00 p.m. invites<br \/>\nyou to explore our past with faculty, students, and curators from<br \/>\nHarvard&#8217;s science and cultural museums. Learn about how our human<br \/>\nancestors lived. Play a 3,000-year-old game. Visualize changes in<br \/>\nseason and climate over the past 30 years. With more than 15 tables of<br \/>\nhands-on activities and scientific specimens targeted at different<br \/>\nages, the whole family will enjoy this event. Free event parking in<br \/>\nthe 52 Oxford Street garage is available.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the terrific organization that provides the<br \/>\nmuseum passes, the Friends of the John Curtis Library, please contact<br \/>\nTracy Marchetti at tjmarchetti@verizon.net<\/p>\n<p> .<\/p>\n<p>For &#8220;Around Town on the Web&#8221;,<br \/>\nCathy H-B<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n&#8220;Around Town on the Web&#8221; (&#8220;ATOTW&#8221;) is a community service that has been<br \/>\nprovided to self-selected residents of the Town of Hanover since the spring<br \/>\nof 2004.<br \/>\nFor submission guidelines and answers to frequently asked questions about<br \/>\n&#8220;ATOTW&#8221;, please go to http:\/\/www.atotw.com.<br \/>\nTo search for archived &#8220;ATOTW&#8221; news, view the archive.<br \/>\nIf you would like to be added to this distribution list, click here.  Please<br \/>\nfollow the link in the response e-mail to validate your account.  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