This year, the U-M Museum of Natural History will bring you Back to the Future, a fun-filled family event focusing on how specimens from the past are used in science today!

Find out what it is really like to be a scientist:
See and touch real specimens from our collections
Make a fish print (Gyotaku)
Make a plant press
Draw your own scientific illustrations
Listen to stories of scientists and explorers
Make a trace fossil to take home
Learn how to start a collection of your own

At our Scientist Spotlight, you will ​have an opportunity to meet ​several ​guest scientists​ and learn about their research through fun and interactive displays and demos. Scientist Spotlight will take place from
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

This is a FREE event, no registration required, open to the public.