San Bernardino County Museum
A presentation about the upcoming trip to Costa Rica hosted by the San Bernardino County Museum Association is scheduled at the museum for Thursday, April 25 at 6:00 p.m. The program, open to the public at no charge, will be presented by Brandon Cole, district sales manager for Collette Vacation. The trip is scheduled for October 12 through 20, 2013. Reservations are now being accepted for the nine-day adventure; guests who book before May 3, 2013 will save $100 per person. Highlights of the trip to tropical Costa Rica include arrival in San Jose, the colorful capital city of Costa...
San Bernardino County Museum visitors are invited to express themselves through a series of workshops and activities on Sunday, April 21 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Express Yourself” is an ArtMuse program sponsored by The Irvine Foundation; all activities are included with paid museum admission. Authors and poets from the Inlandia Institute will lead mini writing workshops. Participating authors are Gayle Brandeis, Seed bombs: eco-writing workshop; Mike Cluff, Write where you live: place-based writing; Charlotte Davidson, Masks unmasked: writing in persona; Larry Eby, Displacement: poems about the earth’s movement; and Vickie Vertiz, Bite size poems!: Haiku and other short-form...
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UCR Associate Professor of Biology Helen Regan will speak on global change and biodiversity in southern California at the San Bernardino County Museum guest lecture on Wednesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture is open to the public at no cost. As threats to biodiversity due to global change increase in number and magnitude there is a growing need to investigate interactions between multiple threats and manage populations and ecosystems accordingly. Conservation of endangered populations typically addresses threats separately by identifying the major cause of extinction, or the species trait that makes it most vulnerable to extinction, rather than...
Outer space isn’t empty. It is full of matter—dust, planets, stars, and debris. San Bernardino County Museum Curator of Paleontology Eric Scott will lead a journey through deep time with a special presentation, “Fire and Ice,” on Sunday, April 21 at 2:00 p.m. The lecture is included with paid museum admission. Our own solar system contains not only a central star and several planets, but also vast numbers of other objects. Our skies are constantly bombarded by an invisible rain of microscopic space matter; we see meteors streaking through the heavens; and occasionally are treated to amazing comets shining brightly...
The San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers will celebrate Astronomy Day—at night—at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands on Saturday, April 20. The evening will begin at 7:00 p.m. with a short meeting to which the public is invited, followed by night sky viewing from 8 to 9:30 p.m. in the museum’s parking lot. These activities are presented free of charge. A variety of telescopes will be set up for the public to see the waxing gibbous moon in the southern sky; the planet Jupiter will be visible in the west. Club members will offer assistance to all ages as...
The Redlands Day of Service on April 27, 2013 will see the creation of Heritage Park in Redlands and the museum’s adjacent Asistencia will receive much-needed renovations. The Redlands Service Club Council and the Helping Hands organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints collaborated with the San Bernardino County Museum to benefit the Asistencia, California Historical Landmark #42, on Barton Road. The historic site will be closed to the public from April 9 through 27 to allow volunteers from these organizations to implement repairs and prepare the museum building for new exhibits. “The renovation of the...
Visitors of all ages can take a hands-on journey into the world of bugs at the San Bernardino County Museum during Insectival on Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All Insectival activities are included with paid museum general admission. Explore the fascinating world of arthropods—insects, arachnids, myriapods, and more. Family fun activities include insect games, take-home creepy-crawly craft creations, Believe It or Not bugs trivia, insect stories and activities, and live insect encounters in the museum’s courtyard and Exploration Station. A large variety of snacks and meals will be on sale all day by the “Best Hot...
The San Bernardino County Museum Association is hosting a trip to tropical Costa Rica from October 12 through 20, 2013. Reservations are now being accepted for the nine-day adventure, organized by Collette Vacations. Guests who book before May 3, 2013 will save $100 per person. Highlights of the trip include arrival in San Jose, the colorful capital city of Costa Rica, and trips to the Doka Cofee Estate, Tamarindo Beach, the Monteverde Cloud Forest, Selvatura Park, a cruise on Lake Arenal, a two-night stay in Avenal overlooking the Arenal Volcano, and a guided river tour in a panga (covered canoe)...
David D. Bowman, professor of geological sciences at California State University Fullerton, will give a guest lecture on earthquake prediction techniques at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands on Wednesday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. The presentation is open to the public at no cost. It has been suggested that large earthquakes are preceded by a systematic increase in the rate of background seismicity in a broad region around the impending event. This rate change, known as “accelerating moment release” (AMR), has been proposed as a signal that could be used to forecast large earthquakes. If this idea is...
San Bernardino County Museum Director and ornithologist will discuss three life history elements in a bird’s life at the museum on Saturday, March 23 at 2:00 p.m. The presentation is included with museum general admission. “There are three critical things in the life of a bird: molting, breeding and migration,” said McKernan. “Molting is a complex process that occurs in response to hormonal fluctuations brought about by seasonal changes. Breeding includes establishing territories, nesting, and incubation. Migration is a biannual phenomenon that occurs throughout the world.” In “Three Critical Things in the Life of a Bird,” McKernan will explore these...
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