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August 2018
Celebrate National Honey Bee Day!
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster will be celebrating National Honey Bee Day on Saturday, August 18, 2018 9:30am – 4pm. Join the CCMNH Bee Team for fun activities as they bring community awareness of the importance of honeybees through education and the promotion of cooperation among growers, homeowners and beekeepers. Learn all about beekeeping; life in the hive with the workers, drones and the queen; pollination and collecting nectar; and bee products such as honey and…
Find out more »Cape Cod Curiosities with Author Robin Smith-Johnson
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents Cape Cod Curiosities with author Robin Smith-Johnson Friday, August 24, 2018 at 1pm. Cape Cod may be a popular tourist destination, but it has more than its share of strange and unique history. Local author Robin Smith-Johnson uncovers the secrets behind many of these unique places, remarkable events and fascinating people including the Pukwudgies who were two to three foot beings with smooth gray skin, hairy faces and horns who…
Find out more »September 2018
Beginning Mushrooming with Rachel Goclawski
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents Beginning Mushrooming with Wild Foods Foraging Guide, Rachel Goclawski Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 1pm. Mushrooming can be a fun and safe hobby if you know the guidelines. Get a solid background on what you need to get started on your mushrooming journey with an interactive visual presentation, and then go out on the Museum trail to find some beginner and novice-level mushrooms! Wear good walking footwear, insect repellent, and…
Find out more »The Norse Discovery of America
Digging into the Past at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents The Norse Discovery of America with independent researcher, Greg M. Lott Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 1pm. Icelandic sagas describe the colonization of Greenland by Erik the Red in 985 and the subsequent discovery of land further west by his second son, Norse explorer Leif Eriksson. Born in the 10th century, Eriksson is considered by many to be the first European to reach North America,…
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