MPM Book Club

The MPM Book Club is a volunteer-led program that invites interested adults to join lively monthly discussions! 

people reading booksDocents 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)


MPM Book Club

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: Book title coming soon
  • February 2, 2026: Book title coming soon
  • March 2, 2026: Book title coming soon
  • April 6, 2026: Book title coming soon
  • May 4, 2026: Book title coming soon