Discovery Day: National Fossil Day

Name: Discovery Day: National Fossil Day
Start: 2024-10-12T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-12T14:00:00-05:00
Location: 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66045

Schedule

Sat Oct 12 2024 at 11:00 am to 02:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS, United States, Kansas 66045 | Lawrence, KS

Celebrate National Fossil Day and Earth Science Week with us on Saturday, October 12, 11 AM-2 PM. 🦕🌴🪼
Join our fantastic KU researchers and students, plus regional partners, for this special event at the KU Natural History Museum. Learn about ongoing research projects, including the awesome array of Eocene-aged mammal fossils discovered in Turkey. Explore global change through time by examining invertebrate fossils. Hear about paleobotanical field work in Antarctica. And try fun, hands-on fossil activities for all ages. We'll also have our popular dig pit where you can uncover local invertebrate fossils that date back over 300 million years!