Due to exhibition construction, the museum is closed today (March 12) and will open at 1pm tomorrow (March 13).
Laura, outdoors, smiling, wearing hoop earrings and coral-colored button down shirt

Laura Prewitt

Museum Educator

Laura Prewitt’s educational background centered on conservation biology, land stewardship, and ecology. While she has a love of all sciences, subject matter she cares about deeply is climate and environmental justice and how it will transform the efficacy of ecology, biodiversity protection, and natural resource conservation. She is privileged to be a part of the visitor engagement team at the Science History Institute, and excited to share her passions with museum guests.

More from Laura Prewitt

A woman holds a nylon stocking stretched between her two hands. To the left of the woman is a magnified image of knitted nylon thread from the stocking.

Touching the Past

The Institute’s museum education team partners with Philly Touch Tours to offer a more meaningful history of science experience.

Black and white illustration of hydrologic cycle

Refrigeration by Evaporation

How heat can make it cooler.

People at a picnic reaching into Coca-Cola coolers filled with ice

A Chilling History

On the science and technology of portable coolers.