November 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
October 29, 2026 at 10:14 PM
#Museum30 is turning 10 this year!
To celebrate ten years of building connection and sharing what makes museums wonderful, I have brought back ten of my favourite prompts from the list that started it all ✨
I can't wait to see what you all share this year, starting as always on November 1st!
To celebrate ten years of building connection and sharing what makes museums wonderful, I have brought back ten of my favourite prompts from the list that started it all ✨
I can't wait to see what you all share this year, starting as always on November 1st!
October 31, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Last Week in Review:
We held a candlelight vigil in front of The Academy of Natural Sciences on Tuesday night.
We’re not going anywhere, Drexel University. Trust that.
#savetheacademy
We held a candlelight vigil in front of The Academy of Natural Sciences on Tuesday night.
We’re not going anywhere, Drexel University. Trust that.
#savetheacademy
November 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Last Week in Review:
We held a candlelight vigil in front of The Academy of Natural Sciences on Tuesday night.
We’re not going anywhere, Drexel University. Trust that.
#savetheacademy
We held a candlelight vigil in front of The Academy of Natural Sciences on Tuesday night.
We’re not going anywhere, Drexel University. Trust that.
#savetheacademy
The nights are getting colder but things are heating up here in Philadelphia... #SaveTheAcademy
October 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The nights are getting colder but things are heating up here in Philadelphia... #SaveTheAcademy
October 31, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I'm already transitioning to my post-election vibe.
November 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
October 31, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Outside Philadelphia City Hall on October 26, 2026. Long-time teacher encouraged us to continue fighting Drexel University so Academy of Natural Sciences is reopened youtu.be/jaG4cmOkWoA #SaveTheAcademy
20261026 Suzanne Ryan protests Drexel University closing the Academy museum S5300010
YouTube video by Dr SJ Dodgson
youtu.be
November 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Outside Philadelphia City Hall on October 26, 2026. Long-time teacher encouraged us to continue fighting Drexel University so Academy of Natural Sciences is reopened youtu.be/jaG4cmOkWoA #SaveTheAcademy
Are you in Philly and able to help get #savetheacademy posters up in home and shop windows?
Sign up to join the street team!
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Sign up to join the street team!
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October 29, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Are you in Philly and able to help get #savetheacademy posters up in home and shop windows?
Sign up to join the street team!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up to join the street team!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I just watched this again and got fired up again. Suzanne Ryan is an inspiring speaker. #SaveTheAcademy
November 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I just watched this again and got fired up again. Suzanne Ryan is an inspiring speaker. #SaveTheAcademy
November 1, 2026 at 2:19 AM
#Museum30 Day 2: Paint
Many of the Academy's diorama backgrounds were painted by artist Clarence C. Rozenkranz (who also contributed to many of the dioramas at the AMNH). Others include Francis Lee Jaques, Stephen T. Harty, and Jonathan Fairbanks Jr.
#SaveTheAcademy
Many of the Academy's diorama backgrounds were painted by artist Clarence C. Rozenkranz (who also contributed to many of the dioramas at the AMNH). Others include Francis Lee Jaques, Stephen T. Harty, and Jonathan Fairbanks Jr.
#SaveTheAcademy
November 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
#Museum30 Day 2: Paint
Many of the Academy's diorama backgrounds were painted by artist Clarence C. Rozenkranz (who also contributed to many of the dioramas at the AMNH). Others include Francis Lee Jaques, Stephen T. Harty, and Jonathan Fairbanks Jr.
#SaveTheAcademy
Many of the Academy's diorama backgrounds were painted by artist Clarence C. Rozenkranz (who also contributed to many of the dioramas at the AMNH). Others include Francis Lee Jaques, Stephen T. Harty, and Jonathan Fairbanks Jr.
#SaveTheAcademy
share.inquirer.com/knJgwe?utm_s... This breaks my heart, #SaveTheAcademy #BringBackTheAnimals #StopDrexelFiresale
The Academy of Natural Sciences museum armadillos, tortoises, and roaches head for new homes as staff loses jobs
More than 30 vertebrate animals and at least six bug colonies moved to new homes last month. “I think that they’ve all ended up where they needed to be,” said a former staffer.
share.inquirer.com
November 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
share.inquirer.com/knJgwe?utm_s... This breaks my heart, #SaveTheAcademy #BringBackTheAnimals #StopDrexelFiresale
#Museum30 Day 3: New Technology
Definitely cheating a bit by calling it "new", but legendary Academy scientists Joseph Leidy and Ruth Patrick were both champions of the microscope. At one point, its influence was so great that the museum even had its own Microscopical Section.
#SaveTheAcademy
Definitely cheating a bit by calling it "new", but legendary Academy scientists Joseph Leidy and Ruth Patrick were both champions of the microscope. At one point, its influence was so great that the museum even had its own Microscopical Section.
#SaveTheAcademy
November 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
#Museum30 Day 3: New Technology
Definitely cheating a bit by calling it "new", but legendary Academy scientists Joseph Leidy and Ruth Patrick were both champions of the microscope. At one point, its influence was so great that the museum even had its own Microscopical Section.
#SaveTheAcademy
Definitely cheating a bit by calling it "new", but legendary Academy scientists Joseph Leidy and Ruth Patrick were both champions of the microscope. At one point, its influence was so great that the museum even had its own Microscopical Section.
#SaveTheAcademy
Don't take nutrition advice from videos unless they are from registered dieticians. Vitamins are not all the same, they come in water soluble and fat soluble. I once taught a course in vitamins and minerals to Drexel Univ nutrition students, before Drexel turned into an apex predator #SaveTheAcademy
November 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Don't take nutrition advice from videos unless they are from registered dieticians. Vitamins are not all the same, they come in water soluble and fat soluble. I once taught a course in vitamins and minerals to Drexel Univ nutrition students, before Drexel turned into an apex predator #SaveTheAcademy
Fabulous! Wikipedia meetups are fun; no-one hosts, everyone logs into Wikipedia and makes changes as long as there is a decent reference for the change. It can be done virtually, on Zoom, or one afternoon at the Free Library. I wonder if friends of the Museum are interested? #SaveTheAcademy
November 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Fabulous! Wikipedia meetups are fun; no-one hosts, everyone logs into Wikipedia and makes changes as long as there is a decent reference for the change. It can be done virtually, on Zoom, or one afternoon at the Free Library. I wonder if friends of the Museum are interested? #SaveTheAcademy
🕯️CANDLE VIGIL TONIGHT🕯️
Yesterday’s City Hall hearing went well. Now let’s gather together to remind Drexel that we aren’t going away.
Open the doors.
#savetheacademy
Yesterday’s City Hall hearing went well. Now let’s gather together to remind Drexel that we aren’t going away.
Open the doors.
#savetheacademy
October 27, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🕯️CANDLE VIGIL TONIGHT🕯️
Yesterday’s City Hall hearing went well. Now let’s gather together to remind Drexel that we aren’t going away.
Open the doors.
#savetheacademy
Yesterday’s City Hall hearing went well. Now let’s gather together to remind Drexel that we aren’t going away.
Open the doors.
#savetheacademy
Can you borrow our professionals until Drexel University is forced to rehire them, pay back wages and damages, after a divorce when Academy of Natural Sciences gets the house, the kids and the mortgage? #SaveTheAcademy #OxfordUniversity
We are currently seeking a Geology Collections Assistant! In this job you will support the care, documentation and development of geological collections, including rocks, minerals and fossils.
Learn more and apply now:
go.glam.ox.ac.uk/GWrwiiFC5
Learn more and apply now:
go.glam.ox.ac.uk/GWrwiiFC5
October 29, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Can you borrow our professionals until Drexel University is forced to rehire them, pay back wages and damages, after a divorce when Academy of Natural Sciences gets the house, the kids and the mortgage? #SaveTheAcademy #OxfordUniversity
youtu.be/3gip47N5Rio Talk on dinosaurs on September 12, 2026. #SaveTheAcademy
20260912 Dinosaur talk at Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia pt1 MVI 2188
YouTube video by Dr SJ Dodgson
youtu.be
October 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
youtu.be/3gip47N5Rio Talk on dinosaurs on September 12, 2026. #SaveTheAcademy
If you watch only one clip from the Philadelphia City Council hearing about the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences, let it be this one. It — and I don't say this lightly — must be seen to be believed. #savetheacademy
October 27, 2026 at 12:53 PM
If you watch only one clip from the Philadelphia City Council hearing about the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences, let it be this one. It — and I don't say this lightly — must be seen to be believed. #savetheacademy
Wiipedia: "The first Tiktaalik fossils were found in 2004 on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. The discovery, made by Edward B. Daeschler of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Neil H. Shubin from the University of Chicago, and Harvard University Professor Farish A. Jenkins Jr." #SaveTheAcademy
Caught up with my old friend Tiktaalik at the Canadian Museum of Nature today
October 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Wiipedia: "The first Tiktaalik fossils were found in 2004 on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. The discovery, made by Edward B. Daeschler of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Neil H. Shubin from the University of Chicago, and Harvard University Professor Farish A. Jenkins Jr." #SaveTheAcademy
#SaveTheAcademy The museum is closed. We heard last night that Drexel is "honoring contracts" but only for rich people having functions in the museum, not contracts with school groups. Meanwhile they have boxed Botany of Nations exhibits; they lied that they have changed nothing.
If I was there rather than on the west coast, I would help you by arranging for school children's tours if possible. Put kids at the center. I've won heated political battles by making kids the central issue. "The Children's Crusade" before it is gone forever.
October 28, 2026 at 5:29 PM
#SaveTheAcademy The museum is closed. We heard last night that Drexel is "honoring contracts" but only for rich people having functions in the museum, not contracts with school groups. Meanwhile they have boxed Botany of Nations exhibits; they lied that they have changed nothing.
Mischief Day and I am in Haddonfield where dinosaurs roamed and Steven Spielberg's imagination went wild. Cat is sleeping peacefully after being out all night. Tomatoes continue ripening on vine next to an elderberry tree. @haddonfieldhistory.bsky.social #SaveTheAcademy @haddonfieldsun.bsky.social
October 30, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Mischief Day and I am in Haddonfield where dinosaurs roamed and Steven Spielberg's imagination went wild. Cat is sleeping peacefully after being out all night. Tomatoes continue ripening on vine next to an elderberry tree. @haddonfieldhistory.bsky.social #SaveTheAcademy @haddonfieldsun.bsky.social
Likely Drexel bean counters have been salivating at putting the Academy's 19 million specimens up for auction. #SaveTheAcademy #EducateChildren #CapitalismSucks #NationalizeDinosaurs
Short article in which @stevebrusatte.bsky.social and I are quoted about the recent sale of a Nanotyrannus: edition.cnn.com/2026/10/27/s...
Rare Nanotyrannus sells at auction for $47.3 million, becoming second most valuable fossil ever | CNN
After a 12-minute bidding war among six contenders, a rare specimen named Jodi — one of only three relatively complete Nanotyrannus skeletons known to science — just narrowly missed the auction record...
edition.cnn.com
October 28, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Likely Drexel bean counters have been salivating at putting the Academy's 19 million specimens up for auction. #SaveTheAcademy #EducateChildren #CapitalismSucks #NationalizeDinosaurs