Favorite displays and specimens mix with new exhibits in a state-of-the-art learning facility that combines billions of years of natural history with cutting-edge scientific research. Visitors will be greeted by the museum’s iconic mastodon couple, walk through 4 billion years of the history of life on Earth, explore the Universe from the smallest things to the very largest in a gesture-activated display, and be transported out of this world in the new Planetarium & Dome Theater (Tickets required). The museum is free and open to the public, but donations support public programs and changing exhibits.

Ribbon Cutting: 8:45 a.m.