KU Natural History Museum

❄️ Closure Notice ❄️ Due to inclement weather, the Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum will be closed on Saturday, January 24, and Sunday, January 25. Please check our website or social media channels for updates regarding reopening. Stay safe and warm!

Hey, KU students — we’re hiring! 😎 We’re looking for a Visitor Experience Assistant to help create positive, memorable, and engaging experiences for visitors at the KU Natural History Museum. Ready to apply or learn more? ➡️ rockcha.lk/dy3a

Welcome back, Jayhawks! Our team at the Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum is wishing you a fantastic start to the spring semester! #KUNHM #rockchalk ❤️💙

Hey KU students — we’re hiring! 🐍 Join us as a Herpetology Curatorial Assistant and help organize, prepare, and catalog specimens. Must be able to work 4 hrs/week & be comfortable handling fluid-preserved amphibians and reptiles. ➡️ rockcha.lk/nzq

It’s time for ✨Prepapalooza✨! Mammalogy vs. Ornithology (plus Entomology 🪲) in a 3-day race to prep specimens. These collections are our global record of life on Earth & are essential for discovery and understanding change over time. Vote your fave: 🐦 🐭 🪲

Lock in our 2025 membership rates today! 🔒 Prices increase Jan. 1, 2026—join now to save and enjoy: 🔹 Free admission to the KU Natural History Museum 🔹 Access to members-only events 🔹 ASTC Travel Passport 🔹 10% off at the museum gift shop ➡️ rockcha.lk/1d1353

Hey undergrads—want to go on a research adventure? Join KU Entomology’s @vhgonzab on a @NSF-funded project studying plant–pollinator interactions in Colombia! 🐝🇨🇴 @KUbiology Apply now ➡️ rockcha.lk/kwv

In the Panorama, fall foliage never goes out of season.🍂 Missing our iconic exhibit? We are too. But its temporary closure will be worth the wait! In just a few more months, the gallery will reopen with a new climate-control system, upgraded lighting, and new glass panes.

Vampire larvae, skeleton marks and a pumpkin pollinator: KU's hidden bee collection kansan.com/news/vampire-l… via @KansanNews

Our annual fundraiser is officially open from Nov. 3–Dec. 3, 2025! These funds directly support our grad students and their amazing work in the lab, the community, and beyond! To support our students, find us at Launch KU or follow the link below! launchku.org/campaigns/2025…

#EntSoc25 Curious about the future of bee taxonomy? Join our workshop to explore the state of bee taxonomy, identify research gaps, and discover innovative solutions shaping the field. Wednesday at 1:30 PM in C25 @EntsocAmerica 🐝🧬🔬

Once thought extinct, the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) made an incredible comeback after being rediscovered in 1981. KU Mammalogy holds hundreds of specimens—some from the late 1800s—that still drive conservation research today. See their story on our 5th floor! 🐾

🐝 Love insects? Join our team! We're hiring 4 Student Research Assistants to work with the Snow Entomological Collection. ✅ Min. 10 hrs/week ✅ Detail-oriented ✅ Bio interest & Excel skills a plus! Apply now ⬇️ rockcha.lk/yiy

Always a great day to visit @kunhm, but especially on #nationalfossilday. Collaborators @KULibraries and @IDRH_KU visited the museum Wednesday for a KU Reads “Lawrence Reviewed” pop-up, rating the silvisaurus in the style of John Green’s book, “The Anthropocene Reviewed.”

Only a few spots left for our members-only tour at the McGregor Herbarium! 🌿 Explore how KU Botany staff and volunteers prepare plant, lichen & fungus specimens! Not a member yet? Click the link to join & get the event details ➡️ rockcha.lk/i11

Rate your hometown dinosaur! 📝 Join the Lawrence Reviewed project on #NationalFossilDay and tell us what you think about Silvisaurus condrayi, Kansas’s official state land fossil! @kulibraries 📍Dyche Hall, 3rd Floor 🗓️ Oct 15 | ⏰ 10AM–12PM ➡️ rockcha.lk/pjs

Bees, fieldwork, and science communication. See how students used social media to share their research experiences in Colombia 🇨🇴 @KUUB_news @kunhm @KUbiology Read more: kuub.ku.edu/news/article/s…

Come visit us on The Jayhawk Adventure tomorrow! ❤️💙 We’re thrilled to welcome parents, families, and guests to the Natural History Museum during KU's Family Weekend. With four floors of exhibits and fun discovery guides for all ages, there’s something for everyone to explore!

Samanta Orellana, a postdoctoral researcher in @kunhm, is preserving the history of the natural world before it disappears. Learn more about her work + come back for a new postdoc profile every day during National Postdoc Appreciation Week. #NPAW2025 rockcha.lk/orellana