Any questions, please contact us at JuricaSuchyMuseum@ben.edu!
We are still working diligently on our educational initiatives and the museum's IMLS grant project. We are available for any questions or inquiries!
Intended Audiences: School, Homeschool, Daycare, Families, and Scout Troops
Intended grade levels: Early Childhood, Pre-K, K-5th Grades
The museum's virtual fieldtrip includes a 10-minute recorded guided 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.
To request the museum's virtual fieldtrip package, please email JuricaSuchyMuseum@ben.edu.
Free and open to all. Donations are kindly accepted.
The museum's new podcast, Out of the Discovery Box, launches October 1, 2020! This monthly podcast highlights local wildlife, facts about native plants and animals, nature walk activities, and more. 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! New videos will be added monthly.
For October, view our Creepy Critters Halloween Virtual Program!
Check back next month as we continue to expand our virtual resources. To suggest ideas for resources, please contact us at JuricaSuchyMuseum@ben.edu.
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 |
