Events

Led by Jo and Joy Banner of The Descendants Project, the tour will travel through the region’s industrial corridor and historic Black communities, exploring the connections between the plantation economy and contemporary industrial development—and the long histories of resistance and liberation that continue to shape the land.

In August, 2014, The Natural History hosted an expedition to the Rockaway Pipeline. The Rockaway Pipeline will run through Gateway National Recreation Area, the oldest urban national park in the United States, and continue to Jamaica Bay, Jacob Riis Park, and Floyd Bennett Field. Fracking specialists led this expedition and outlined the potential impacts the pipeline has on New York’s communities.

The Natural History Museum is pleased to co-produce a series of expeditions and events on the occasion of the 13th Clean Energy Ministerial in Pittsburgh on September 20-23, 2022. This work is dedicated to frontline communities and will shine a spotlight on the costs, health impacts and environmental devastation caused by extractive and fossil fuel-based energy initiatives.

Join Beaver County residents Bob Schmetzer and Terrie Baumgardner, both members of Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community (BCMAC), for a tour of the petrochemical buildout in Beaver County, PA.

Led by local residents and public health advocates, this tour offers a first hand account of what it is like to live and grow up in the most heavily fracked county in Pennsylvania, Washington County.