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Featured Admissions Events
At this time, the museum will offer limited hours to the BenU Community. Students, staff, and faculty of BenU are welcome to visit during limited open hours. BenU class visits are available by appointment.
The museum is now open to the general public for limited hours. During summer 2022 we will be open on Wednesdays from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Visitors must register for a time to visit through this link: https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/KarlyTumminello@ben.edu/bookings/
Admission to the museum is free. Donations are kindly accepted, and all donations go directly toward the care of the collections and educational programs.
Groups of more than 5 people must call ahead to schedule a visit: 630-829-6531. No guided group tours are offered at this time. Groups are limited to a maximum of 15 people at this time. Group visits must only be persons over the age of 5 years old.
Our Science Speaker Series is recorded and now available as part of our virtual resources on the museum's YouTube channel. Also like and follow us on the museum's Facebook and Instagram (@JSNMatBU).
Intended Audiences: School, Homeschool, Daycare, Families, and Scout Troops
Intended grade levels: K-5th Grades
The museum's virtual tour includes a 10-minute narrated tour of the museum, and an accompanying worksheet packet focused on nature walks and nature play activities. The guided tour highlights parts of the museum collections and provides fascinating facts about the natural world. The tour includes information on taxidermy, seed dispersal, squirrels, backyard birds, water birds, echinoderms, mollusks, insects, and turtles. The worksheets include nature journal prompts, nature walk activities, a moon journal, outdoor/out the window nature scavenger hunt, and more.
For information, please email JuricaSuchyMuseum@ben.edu.
Free and open to all. Donations are kindly accepted.
The museum's new podcast, Out of the Discovery Box, launched October 1, 2020! This monthly podcast highlights local wildlife, facts about native plants and animals, nature walk activities, and more. After our summer break, Season 2 will begin in September 2021!
Listen to the podcast here: anchor.fm/JSNM
To request the free PDF packet of custom museum worksheets please email us at JuricaSuchyMuseum@ben.edu.
Be sure to check out the museum's Resources page for a selection of mazes, word searches, scavenger hunts, and more! Similar activities are posted weekly on our museum Facebook page at facebook.com/JSNMatBU. Follow us to stay connected!
Check out the museum's new YouTube Channel for educational videos!
Save the date for our JSNM 50th Anniversary Science Speaker Series! New virtual lectures will be available weekly beginning Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 7:00pm. Free and open to the public.
Our 50th anniversary will be held November 18-19th. Our keynote speaker, Dr. J. Drew Lanham will be held November 19, 2021 at 5:00pm on Zoom. Details to follow.
Please follow this link for a campus map: http://www.ben.edu/about/location.cfm
The museum is located on the 2nd floor of the Birck Hall of Science.
Free visitor parking is available in the Parking Garage, in the Krasa parking lot, and in the Visitor Parking spaces near the Neff Center. Parking for buses or vans is available in the Krasa parking lot and in the Neuzil parking lot.
Handicap parking is available in the student parking lot located to the south of Birck Hall. A handicap accessible entrance to Birck Hall is located at the north end of the sidewalk between Birck Hall and Kindlon Hall. Elevators are located at the north end of Birck Hall.
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum Staff
Mrs. Karly Tumminello |
Ms. Colleen Filipek
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Please note: Due to the small size of our staff and the number of outreach events we participate in, we are not always on campus and available to take your phone call or email. We are happy to hear from you and we will contact you as soon as possible, but please be patient and allow at least 48 hours for our response. Thank you!
In loving memory of Rev. Theodore D. Suchy, O.S.B. |
The Museum and the Birck Hall of Science are fully accessible to people of all abilities. Accessible parking is located to the south of the building. For directions and ease of use recommendations, please contact a museum staff member prior to your visit by calling 630-829-6546.
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY |
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Location 5700 College Rd. Lisle, IL 60532 2nd Floor of Birck Hall |