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October 2018

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30	1	2 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Migrations	3 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby's cognitive,... Sensational Babies (Ages birth – 3 years) Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Migrations	4 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Migrations	5	6 Learn about the connection between raptor dinosaurs and modern birds at this annual Bozeman festival! MOR hosts a drop-in interpretive table and raptor face painting to support this community event at Bridger Bowl. Other festival activities include raptor viewing and... Bridger Raptor Festival
7 Learn about the connection between raptor dinosaurs and modern birds at this annual Bozeman festival! MOR hosts a drop-in interpretive table and raptor face painting to support this community event at Bridger Bowl. Other festival activities include raptor viewing and... Bridger Raptor Festival	8 Did you know the largest bald eagle nest ever observed was estimated to weigh over 4,000 pounds? Birds create their homes with sticks and twigs using only their talons and beaks. Can you construct and build a nest just like a... School’s Out Camps with MOSS: Airborne Engineers	9 Did you know the largest bald eagle nest ever observed was estimated to weigh over 4,000 pounds? Birds create their homes with sticks and twigs using only their talons and beaks. Can you construct and build a nest just like a... School’s Out Camps with MOSS: Airborne Engineers	10 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby's cognitive,... Sensational Babies (Ages birth – 3 years) Join MOR and the Gallatin History Museum for monthly lectures focused on the dynamic and lively history of the Gallatin Valley. Todd Harwell will take a fresh look at interesting local topics. The presentation will provide an overview of... Gallatin History Museum Lecture - No More War, No More Plague: The Spanish Influenza Pandemic Toll	11 MOR is pleased to host the Extreme History Project lecture series that encourages public understanding of the way our history has shaped our present. Lesley M. Gilmore will take a fresh look at interesting historical topics. Since its establishment in 1875,... Extreme History Project Lecture - Warm Springs are for Healing	12	13
14	15	16 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Bones!	17 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby's cognitive,... Sensational Babies (Ages birth – 3 years) Celebrate National Fossil Day with Museum of the Rockies (MOR), the Children’s Museum of Bozeman (CMB), and the Bozeman Public Library (BPL) with dinosaur-themed activities all day long at all three locations. 10 – 11 a.m. at MOR... National Fossil Day Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Bones!	18 Investigate natural engineers and mimic their techniques as we use inspirations from the world around us. Create one-of-kind masterpieces using the natural world as our inspiration When school is out, join MOR and Montana Outdoor Science School (MOSS) for School'... School’s Out Camps with MOSS: Nature Makers Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Bones!	19 Investigate natural engineers and mimic their techniques as we use inspirations from the world around us. Create one-of-kind masterpieces using the natural world as our inspiration When school is out, join MOR and Montana Outdoor Science School (MOSS) for School'... School’s Out Camps with MOSS: Nature Makers	20
21	22	23	24 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby's cognitive,... Sensational Babies (Ages birth – 3 years) Join MOR and the Gallatin Valley Friends of the Sciences as we explore innovative science topics, their latest developments, and their relevance to society through speaker presentations followed by an engaging question and answer session. How does the sun work,... Science Inquiry Lecture: Journey from the Center of the Sun	25	26 Experience MOR after dark in a special night just for Montana State University students. Enjoy free pizza, raffle prizes, a photo booth with MOR's mascot Rocky Rex, and more, all free with a student ID. The MSU Office of... MOR After Dark for MSU Students	27 Start your Halloween celebrations early with MOR's "grossest" annual tradition! Come in costume to see disgusting science, make some icky crafts, and check out what your scabs look like on the big screen. Spooky stories and goody bags make... Family Grossology Halloween Party
28	29	30 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Arctic Adventure Brews & the Big Sky: Historical Firearms	31 Read, talk, sing, and play with your baby through sensory awareness activities and explorations explicitly designed for newborns to age 3½. On the first Wednesday of every month, learn a new set of signs to enhance your baby's cognitive,... Sensational Babies (Ages birth – 3 years) Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Arctic Adventure	1 Continuing our efforts to introduce preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) to the wonders of museum learning, this series of tours examines different areas of MOR with an early education focus. Each program offers a chance to ask questions as we explore each... Tours for Tots: Arctic Adventure Revolt! Why the Jews Took on Rome with Andrea Berlin, Boston University What is the real story behind the animosities that eventually led to the catastrophe of the Jewish Revolt against Rome? Why would a small population without military capabilities... Archaeology Institute of America Lecture - Revolt! Why the Jews Took on Rome	2	3