Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces. Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists. Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session...

Join us for our next installment of Night at the Museum—a series of monthly events for students that occur Thursday nights, when the museum is open late.  This month we're hosting a Date Night in observance of Valentine's Day. Join us for a night focused on love and romance. Come dressed to the nines with your valentine (or your galentine!) and party with us! More information to come. 

Join us for our next installment of Night at the Museum—a series of monthly events for students that occur Thursday nights, when the museum is open late.  This month we're hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon.  An edit-a-thon is a campaign dedicated to increasing representation of cis and trans women, non-binary people, Black, Indigenous, and people of color, feminism, and the arts on the internet. Learn to edit, update, and add articles to Wikipedia at this workshop, which will be focused on...

Join us for our next installment of Night at the Museum—a series of monthly events for students that occur Thursday nights, when the museum is open late.  This month we're hosting a paint-and-sip-style creative workshop, led by a University of Iowa art student. More information to come.