September 15, 2020

For the Bruce Museum Seaside Center, Going Virtual This Summer Was Only Natural

September 15, 2020/ Bruce Science

As the spring of 2020 progressed, it became increasingly clear that the Seaside Center would not be able to open as usual this summer. Ultimately, Kate Dzikiewicz, the Bruce Museum Science Curatorial Associate who manages the Seaside Center, made the difficult decision to keep the doors closed for the summer. However, just because the Seaside Center was physically closed, didn’t mean that it had to be completely absent this summer. That’s where Seaside Center naturalist Brendan Murtha came in.

March 27, 2020

Renovating the Permanent Science Galleries at the Bruce

March 27, 2020/ Bruce Science

Changes are coming to Changes in Our Land at the Bruce Museum. On February 2, we closed the our permanent science galleries for a complete renovation and reinstallation. In the time since then, science specimens have been carefully packed away, and most of the existing display cases have been dismantled. This major update has been years in the making, the work of people from every department of the museum. Now, we couldn’t be more excited to see it finally underway.

December 03, 2019

Science Gallery Renovations on Display at Town Hall

December 03, 2019/ Bruce Science

We are in the final days of our current permanent science gallery, Changes in Our Land.

On February 3, we’ll start dismantling Changes, and preparing to construct an exciting new exhibit, themed around how natural cycles shape our world. This completely re-imagined gallery will showcase the museum’s finest science specimens, many of which haven’t been displayed in years. It will be expanded in size from the previous gallery, more interactive, and with more themed learning goals for adults and children to explore.

With a planned grand reopening in spring of 2021, the new gallery will be here before we know it, and we are hard at work making sure everything is ready.

April 24, 2019

How to Get a Great White Shark into the Bruce Museum

April 24, 2019/ Bruce Science

The construction of any exhibit at the Bruce is the work of many hours and many people, but Sharks! presented a few additional challenges… like how do you get a massive great white model into the museum?

December 05, 2018

Sharks Preview at Town Hall

December 05, 2018/ Bruce Science

We love when people come to the museum to see our hard science exhibition work on display, but sometimes you have to take science to the people instead. This was in our minds as we went to Greenwich Town Hall today to set up our latest “mini exhibition” in one of their two display cases.

February 07, 2018

Swimming into Town Hall

February 07, 2018/ Bruce Science

For the past several Februaries, the Bruce Museum has gone out to Greenwich Town Hall to decorate a display case for a month or two. With the weather barely above freezing and the chill winds blowing, it was time to make our journey out to Town Hall once more.

January 11, 2018

Making of Treasures of the Earth

January 11, 2018/ Bruce Science

Our newest science exhibit, Treasures of the Earth, features almost a hundred never-before-seen-in-public minerals from the personal collection of a local mineral enthusiast. It took a lot of work to put the exhibit together, but the result is one of our most dazzling exhibits yet.

February 14, 2017

Skeletons on Parade

February 14, 2017/ Bruce Science

On display in the science galleries of the Bruce Museum we have arrays of glittering gems and minerals, a forest of taxidermy animals, cases of archaeological artifacts, and all sorts of other objects, great and small. What many visitors don't realize is that these items on display only represent a small fraction of our natural history collections. Recently, we had an opportunity to show off a few more of our objects at Greenwich Town Hall.