As part of the Arizona SciTech Festival, Mesa’s Arizona Museum of Natural History (AzMNH), 53 N. Macdonald, will host a sleep over in the museum from 6 p.m. Friday, March 15, to 9 a.m. Saturday, March 16. The theme for the night will be, “Hitchhikers Guide to the AzMNH Galaxy,” with lot of space-related activities including a scavenger hunt, crafts, a space-themed movie and snacks. Participants can even make their own robot.

Mesa’s Arizona Museum of Natural History is ending its fiscal year with record-breaking revenue from a jump in attendance.

Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N. Macdonald in Mesa, is collaborating with ASU Franz Insect Laboratory to bring a special program to homeschoolers about bugs. Going Buggy Homeschool Day will feature a series of fun and factual activities, games and crafts focused on the life cycles, habitats, and eating habits of bugs. Participants will have the opportunity to meet scientists and take part in a “buzz lab” to discuss good bugs and bad bugs.

The past and the future are currently colliding at Mesa’s Arizona Museum of Natural History.

Summer is a great time for children to visit the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa, where they can create dinosaur rubbings, hold a fossil, and enjoy other activities. You can take part in that too by volunteering as an exploration station facilitator.

All Pooped Out is 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N. Macdonald. Poop Scene Investigation offers unusual displays and a chance to find out everything you didn't know about poop but were afraid to ask. Admission is $4 to $6. Information: (480) 644-5662.

Mesa's Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N. Macdonald, will host the popular Dino Egg Hunt 6 to 8 p.m. March 29. During the festivities, the museum will have children’s craft activities and a dinosaur touch cart available, with factual information about dinosaur eggs. Dino eggs will be replenished until 7:45 p.m.

Whether you prefer Tempranillo and Sangiovese to Apatosaurus and Diplodocus — or don’t know the difference between any of them — doesn’t really matter here.

With its movie theater, chain restaurants, new car dealerships and retail stores, Mesa Riverview is about the last place you’d expect to find evidence of an ancient culture.

There’s an interesting symmetry at the Arizona Capitol.

The big building at 53 N. Macdonald in Mesa has come a long way since it housed Arizona Territory desperados. But the old jail cells are still there.

The Mesa Southwest Museum will soon be known by a new name.

The East Valley’s “dinosaur” museum offers its first-ever overnight camp chock-full of activities for kids 6-12 years old and their adult chaperones age 21 and older. 6 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday. Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N. Macdonald, Mesa. $35-$45 per person, includes snacks and light breakfast. Registration required. (480) 644-5907 or AzMNH.org.

Mesa’s two museums have earned far above what they expected this year, and plan to have a large enough surplus next year to return more than $60,000 to city coffers.

Children crowd around touch screens as their parents and teachers look over their shoulders. The group is huddled together in a tunneled, dark room reminiscent of a space ship control room — with walls lined with lit up diagrams and interactive video screens.

The Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa is recruiting volunteers to serve as gallery interpreters once a week. Training in archaeology, paleontology, geology, interpretation techniques and customer service will be offered 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays in October and Nov. 1 in the theater at the museum, 53 N. Macdonald.

Power Paws Assistance Dogs will be at Mesa’s Arizona Museum of Natural History 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8, demonstrating some of their 90 learned commands that assist physically-challenged people.

Families can hunt for “dinosaur” eggs at this third annual event at the Valley’s “dinosaur” museum. The evening also features kids’ crafts, an educational dino touch cart and access to the entire museum’s offerings.

The Mesa City Council is expected Monday to approve an admission fee increase to the Arizona Museum of Natural History.

If you haven’t been to a museum in a while, May might be a good time to get reacquainted. International Museum Day is May 18, and many of Central Arizona’s more than 50 museums are celebrating with deals throughout the month.

January 7, 2005