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Iowa's ice age giants

A tiny chipmunk skull rests on the upper jaw of a wolf

Explore ice age Iowa and discover the giants that roamed the state's back yards some 15,000 years ago when the exhibit "Iowa's Ice Age Giants!" opens Thursday. Photo Feature

'Bag It' documents effects of plastic on our world

The University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums’ Museum of Natural History will continue the spring Movies@MNH series at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, with the free public screening of "Bag It" in Macbride Auditorium. Story

'Love and Valor' to be screened at Old Capitol

The University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum will host a free public showing of the film “Love & Valor, The Intimate Civil War Letters,” followed by a director’s talk Thursday, April 25 at 6 p.m., in the Senate Chamber. Story

Iowa's hairiest and scariest

A poster with silhouettes of a bear, sloth and mammoth and the word "Iowa's Ice Age Giants"

“Iowa’s Ice Age Giants,” a free public exhibit, opens Thursday, April 18, at the Old Capitol Museum’s Pentacrest Gallery for Arts, Humanities, and Sciences with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Story

Museums plan April Earth Month activities

The Lorax movie poster

April is Earth Month, and University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums will offer visitors information on how to care for our planet at home and away as well as a month’s worth of movies with environmental themes. Story

Visit UI museums during spring break

A bag with museum flyers in it and books for children

The University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums offer exhibits and tours to enjoy the week of March 17. Old Capitol Museum is open normal hours through Thursday, March 21, and closes Friday, March 22, for the National History Day Competition. The UI Museum of Natural History is open normal hours all week. Story

Where is that confounded site?!

John Doershuk and Mark Anderson will present a free, public talk, “Where is that Confounded Site? Historic Background and the Recent Search for the Rummells-Maske Clovis Cache, 13CD15,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in the Biosphere Discovery Hub of the UI Museum of Natural History. Story

Three Pentacrest Museum events re-scheduled

Three University of Iowa Pentacrest Museum events have been rescheduled following postponements last week due to inclement weather. Story

'Night at the Museum' returns March 22

Explore the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History after dark and discover why giant Ice Age beasts went extinct. Stay up late for the “Night at the Museum” spring series with the “Ice Age” from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 22. Story

Pentacrest Museums Movies@MNH returns Feb. 3

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will begin its spring Movies@MNH series at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, with the free, public screening of "Magic of the Snowy Owl" in Macbride Auditorium. Story

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