Tag: exhibit
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The Burpee Museum: NEW EXHIBIT OPENING With Special Talk from Dr. Hans-Dieter Sues
NEW EXHIBIT OPENING! With Special Talk from Dr. Hans-Dieter Sues* May 9, 2015 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM This unique exhibit brings us a snapshot in time of Jurassic life 150 million years ago. Directly across from the paleontology viewing lab, Snapshots in Time: The Unique Paleofauna of the Solnhofen Limestone showcases some of…
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The Burpee Museum’s New Exhibit to Open January 17th, 2015
There’s a new exhibit opening at the Burpee Museum on January 17th 2015. It’s called Savage Ancient Seas. Looks good with interesting specimens. Take the plunge into the deep, dark, Savage Ancient Seas! It is the world of the late Cretaceous period-over 70 million years ago! Filled with huge carnivorous marine reptiles with double-hinged jaws…
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Field Museum – Biomechanics Exhibit
If you haven’t seen the Biomechanics Exhibit at the Field Museum, your time is running out. It closes on January 4th 2015. It’s a great display, very educational. It shows how we (and the diverse life around us) are biological machines. There are sections on teeth, bones, senses, flight, etc. It compares and contrasts the…
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New Exhibition at Peggy Notebaert Museum by Andrew Young
ESCONI Member, Andrew Young sent this information about the opening of his exhibit and the upcoming Gallery Talk on May 11, 1:00 pm at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Musuem. Dear Friends and Colleagues, This Saturday, the Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert Nature Museumwill open the exhibition, Of Light and Air: mixed media works by…
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Dinosaur Event in Rosemont, IL
Don’t know much about this event – …. but it has been appearing in advertisement on the television – Discover the Dinosaurs, Jan 18-20. Looks like it might be interesting for younger children?
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Earth Science Things to Do Today 11/19
Lizzadro Museum has a public opening for their Rock & Mineral Experience November 19th (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Free Admission! Also, they are having a lapidary day too! Learn how gemstone jewelry is made and the types of lapidary art with members of the West Suburban Lapidary Club. See demonstrations of cabochon cutting, faceting, silversmithing,…
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Events for 2nd half of October, 2011
Sat. 10/22 Archaeology Study Group. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Floyd Rogers will present on Flintnapping. Attend this session to learn how to make arrowheads. Fri. 10/28 Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Also, the Burpee Museum in Rockford just opened with their new Ice Age…
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Fri. 9/9 General Meeting – Scott Williams of Burpee Museum on Tyranno Forelimbs
What about those small forelimbs? Scott Williams, Director of Exhibits and Science, Burpee Museum, will be presenting on tyrannosaurid forelimb allometry at the ESCONI General Meeting, this Friday, 9/9/11, at 7:30 pm at College of Dupage, Building K, Room 161. Free and open to the public. Graphic: Wikipedia Commons
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Events this Week, 3/1 – 3/5, 2011
Sat. 3/1 First day of Special Exhibit: Fabulous Illinois Fluorite,This exhibition runs through June 5, 2011. Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst. Sat 3/5 – Sun. 3/6 Burpee Museum’s Paleofest 2011. PaleoFest is GIANT! Special admission includes DinoBlast Activities for kids and the temporary exhibit, Giants: Dinosaurs of Africa. Dr Paul Sereno will speak at…
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Tyler Keillor – Paleoart Exhibit – Field Trip Anyone?
Interesting Chicago SunTimes article today on paleo artist, Tyler Keillor. … Keillor created “Paleoart,” an exhibit on display through June 26 at the Lake County Discovery Museum. It includes his models of the dinosaurs Rugops and Herrerasaurus; an ancient fish called Tiktaalik; a giant prehistoric snake called Sanajeh, and a winged reptile, Rhamphorhynchus. To give…
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Events for Weekend 1/28 – 1/30, 2011
Friday, 1/28 ESCONI Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131. Anytime this weekend: Paleoart Exhibit, Lake County Discovery Museum Gold, Field Museum Hatching the Past: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies
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Tyler Keillor’s Paleoart Exhibit
Tyler Keillor’s Paleoart exhibit will open on Saturday 11/20 at the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The exhibit demonstrates how he blends art and science to bring prehistoric creatures to life. Tyler writes to ESCONI, “One of the items on display is a plaque I sculpted at my art…
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Lecture on Hell Creek by Rob Sula – 9/18/2010 – 2:00 pm, Lizzadro Museum
One of our members, Rob Sula, will be giving a lecture about“The Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek: A Biological Arms Race” at Lizzadro Museum on Saturday, September 18th, at 2:00 p.m. Ages 8 yrs. and up – 60 minutes Regular Museum Admission, Museum Members Free. Description of lecture …. “Take a trip 66 million years…
