KEN GORCZYCA: PORTRAITS OF GAIA October 28 through January 13, 2023 at the Natural History Institute Gallery Ken Gorczyca is a nature-based artist, veterinarian and social activist. In this exhibition, heinvites you into a realm where he captures portraits of the Earth, or Gaia, who he believes is aliving being. Exhibit Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm and […]
Science in Conversation Join the Natural History Institute for a webinar series that asks scientists to uncover the natural history in their science. Program Director Jessie Rack engages scientists across a spectrum of nature-based fields to find out why natural history matters, and why it still deserves a place in scientific thought. Register now for […]
Nature Niños is a free community program for families with children ages 0-8 in the Greater Prescott Area. Park Rangers and community partners (including NHI!) will lead child-centered play events at a different family friendly trail each month. At every Nature Niños event there will be take-home freebies, creative nature activities, storytime, a raffle, and […]
Sure, you know about rattlesnakes, but do you know about hallucinogenic toads, all-female populations of lizards, absorbing tails, cannibalistic tadpoles, or salamanders that breed as juveniles? Amphibians and reptiles in the Southwest have an incredible array of adaptations that allow them to exploit many available habitats. Learn what's so special about reptiles and amphibians in […]
Visitors to the alpine regions may have experienced sights or sounds of pikas - small, furry, potato-sized mammals that are related to rabbits. Join NHI for a webinar conversation with pika biologist Dr. Johanna Varner to learn all about this charismatic and adorable animal. The natural history of this creature is rich and complex. Why, […]
NHI Art Gallery Presents The Art of Natural History Highlights from the Josephine Michell Arader Collection Historically, the practice of natural history is what birthed the natural sciences. Art was a means to communicate observations of nature in all its beauty, though red in tooth and claw. In this exhibition, the Natural History Institute […]
Winter means a time to reflect, to follow the inward-turning curiosity, to match language to the constant change and cycling of the natural world. Join the Natural History Institute in this five week workshop that will help you find and tell your own stories of nature. In this series of five weekly, online, small group […]
During the 1870s, Yavapai and Dilzhe'e Apache peoples were violently forced out of their homes in the Verde Valley, Bradshaw Mountains, Mogollon Rim Country, and around the confluence of the Verde and Salt Rivers. They were imprisoned, sometimes for decades, on military reservations, and only allowed to return to their homelands when the threat of […]
Nature Niños is a free community program for families with children ages 0-8 in the Greater Prescott Area. Park Rangers and community partners (including NHI!) will lead child-centered play events at a different family friendly trail each month. At every Nature Niños event there will be take-home freebies, creative nature activities, storytime, a raffle, and […]