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Picking through all of the places and things to see can be a daunting task. Luckily, Thanksgiving Point has a little bit of everything for the whole family to enjoy this October.

The Junior Paleo Lab is a space designed to encourage guests to come and learn how to be a paleontologist and how to actually work on real fossils

Saturday, February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. In honor of this day, here are a few facts about women in STEM and a few highlights of women who changed STEM history.

Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day with two distinct purposes: to remember a man who devoted his life to serving others by taking deliberate, nonviolent action against racial and economic injustice, and to serve in efforts to better your community.

In most cases, when we think of exploring, we think of the great outdoors. We think of nature. We think of mountains, oceans, and space. But there are many different types of exploration; sometimes, you don’t have to go nearly as far as you thought to discover something new.

A glass of something sparkly. A kiss when the clock strikes twelve. Parties and toasts and noise makers and resolutions. New Year’s Eve is a time-honored tradition, but the question is, how long has it really been around?

For Giving Tuesday this year, Thanksgiving Point is offering a free venue ticket to individuals who donate $20 or more. Individuals who donate $100 or more are entered in a drawing for a chance to win the Ultimate Curiosity Prize Package.

It’s almost Thanksgiving and turkeys are the stars of the show! Here are 20 turkey facts to gobble up.

We’ve all heard the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” We’ve probably answered it dozens of times. While the question gets children thinking about the future and encourages them to dream up multitudes of possibilities, there are also a few downsides to this inquiry.

Liz Anderson is the Collections Manager at the Mountain America Museum of Ancient Life, and she explains the process the Collections Team goes through to take care of thousands of specimens in the Museum.