Pleistocene Park: Film Screening

March 20, 2023

Pleistocene Park: Film Screening

Monday, April 3rd at 3:30 PM

Yale Science Building, O.C. Marsh Lecture Hall

Join us for a different way to start your week! The Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies and the Yale Peabody Museum are teaming up to host a screening of “Pleistocene Park”. This event is free and open to the public. The film will be followed by a short panel discussion and happy hour. If you would like to submit a question for the panel discussion, click here.

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