Science Spotlights: Fantastic Flowers and Their Many Forms
By
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture and Harvard Museum of Natural History
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You're invited to join Andrea Appleton as she explains the incredible diversity of flowers. Learn how nature's most beautiful creations have evolved at this event for ages 10 and up!
Sign-up Information
Ages: 10 to Adults.
No application or registration needed.
Cost
This event is free with museum admission. Museum admission rates are:
Adults: $15.00, Seniors (65+): $13.00, Harvard ID holders: Free, Non-Harvard students with I.D.: $10.00, Youth ages 3–18: $10.00, Youth under 3: Free, Members: Free
Location
- In-person only.
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Baldwin
Dates and Times
.: Saturday, January 13, 3PM – 3:30PM.
Additional information
Meet up-and-coming scientists and learn about questions at the forefront of research today in this series of short talks.
The importance of the evolution of flowers and the breadth of their diversity cannot be overstated. Flowers exhibit extreme variation in their shape, size, color, and even the type of parts they are made of, but how? Let’s break some of the coolest flowers down to their basic components and talk about how floral variation has evolved. Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Regular museum admission rates apply.
Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
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.: Saturday, January 13, 3PM – 3:30PM.
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Last updated December 22, 2023.