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National Fossil Day

National Fossil Day

• Location: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Springfield
• Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Free and Open to the Public

Come to the Illinois State Museum and help celebrate the Nation's first Fossil Day. National Fossil Day is a new celebration organized by the National Park Service to promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils, as well as to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational values. Special programs will include hands-on children's activities in A Place for Discovery. Docents will be available in the Changes: Dynamic Illinois Environments exhibition to share touchable hands-on fossils including Illinois' State fossil, the Tully Monster. Visitors will also receive a commemorative bookmark. Click to press release for more details.

For more information, visit https://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/ or contact Elizabeth Bazan at (217) 782-5993 or ebazan@museum.state.il.us.