The MPM Book Club is a volunteer-led program that invites interested adults to join lively monthly discussions!
Docents facilitate the program and choose nonfiction books of a scientific nature that relate to Museum exhibits, research, or programs.
Dates and Times
First Mondays of the month (unless otherwise noted below), September-May
Noon discussion and brown-bag lunch
Cost
FREE
Location
Garden Galleries A/B, Ground Floor(unless otherwise noted below)
Schedule
- September 8, 2025: Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides
- October 6, 2025: Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle
- November 3, 2025: The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoe Schlanger
- December 1, 2025: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabelle Wilkerson
- January 5, 2026: The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglass Adams
- February 2, 2026: Ends of the Earth by Neil Shubin
- March 2, 2026: Dinner with King Tut by Sam Kean
- April 6, 2026: The Universe in Verse by Maria Popova
- May 4, 2026: Birding to Change the World: A Memoir by Trish O’Kane