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Museum Receives Monumental Gift from Sears Family

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has received a major gift from Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears in support of its $150 million transformation project.

Posted April 26, 2024

A Special Evening with Amy Tan

On May 6, 2024, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History will welcome bird enthusiast and bestselling author Amy Tan for a free discussion of her new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles.

Posted April 18, 2024

Museum Hosts Total on the Oval Eclipse Watch Party

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History and University Circle Inc. have joined forces to host a solar eclipse watch party on Wade Oval on April 8, 2024.

Posted April 4, 2024

Museum Receives a Transformational Gift

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has received a $3 million gift from Robert “Bob” and Linnet Fritz.

Posted March 20, 2024

A Special Evening with Cat Bohannon

On March 20, 2024, researcher, scholar, and New York Times–bestselling author Dr. Cat Bohannon will take the stage at the Museum for a discussion of her book Eve.

Posted March 5, 2024

Museum Announces Total Solar Eclipse Events

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is celebrating the upcoming total solar eclipse with a full weekend of activities.

Posted February 20, 2024

Museum Curator Featured in National Media

A study co-authored by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Assistant Curator of Human Origins, Dr. Emma Finestone, was highlighted among the most influential scientific breakthroughs of 2023.

Posted January 29, 2024

Get "Hoppy" with Museum's Iconic Sauropod

The Museum’s popular Think & Drink with the Extinct series continues with a special Leap Day edition: Hops with Happy.

Posted January 24, 2024

Museum Announces Ohio's New Buckeye Chuck

One of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s newest animal ambassadors, Murray, has officially become Ohio’s “Buckeye Chuck.”

Posted January 15, 2024

Museum Featured in Travel + Leisure Magazine

The city of Cleveland—and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's ongoing transformation and expansion—was recently highlighted in the magazine Travel + Leisure.

Posted November 17, 2023

Donors Submit Challenge for Museum Support

An anonymous couple has come forward with a bid to name the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's new Visitor Hall.

Posted November 15, 2023

Museum Presents Out-of-This-World Lecture

NASA Astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock launches the new season of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Explorer Series.

Posted October 16, 2023