
Harvard Museum of Natural History teacher Lisa Maloney takes Baldwin School kindergartners through time on a field trip packed with fossils, dinosaur bones and collections of stuffed mammals, birds and reptiles. Working closely with the Cambridge Public School science department, Museum of Natural History education specialists have developed programs for all ages. Last year over 2,000 students from around New England were able to attend the special classes that provide hands-on, interactive learning opportunities. (Photo by Julie Russell/Harvard Community Affairs)

All six of of Harvard's museums are free and open to the public on Harvard Museums Community Day at Harvard University . Education Specialist, Fred Surowiec holds an chuckwalla lizard during a Live Creature Feature at the Museum of Natural History. (Photo by Rose Lincoln/Harvard University News Office)