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The 2008–2009 John H. Ostrom Program Series

Nature’s Narrators

Join us for the exciting new season of expert-led talks and field trips.

Programs are open to the public and free with Museum admission.
Events and Program Information | InfoTape 203.432.5050


Dry Storeroom No. 1:
The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
 Thursday, September 11, 2008 • 5:30 pm
With Dr. Richard Fortey
Natural History Museum, London

Living with Animals
Thursday, October 23, 2008 • 5:30 pm
With Dorcas MacClintock
Naturalist

The Legacy of the Mastodon:
Fossils and the Opening of the American Frontier
Thursday, November 13, 2008 • 5:30 pm
With Dr. Keith Thomson
Professor Emeritus of Natural History, University of Oxford
Past director, Yale Peabody Museum

The “Discovery” of the Gorilla
and How It Shook the World
Thursday, February 12, 2009 • 5:30 pm
With Dr. Robert McCracken Peck
Senior Fellow, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

The Emerald Planet:
How Plants Changed Earth’s History
 Thursday, March 5, 2009 • 5:30 pm
With Dr. David Beerling
Professor of Paleoclimatology, University of Sheffield
Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholar at Yale


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