Tag: Lizzadro Museum
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Throwback Thursday #304 – Lizzadro Field Trip in January 1971
This is Throwback Thursday #304. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. The Lizzadro Museum was originally located in Wilder Park, Elmhurst, IL. It was opened on November 4th, 1962…
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Throwback Thursday #250: Andy Hay Speaks at Lizzadro on Mazon Creek Plants – March 10th, 2001
This is Throwback Thursday #250. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. This post originally ran as Flashback Friday #37 in 2020. Andy Hay was a dedicated ESCONI member,…
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Fossils of Illinois: A Step Back Through Time
Paul Mayer, the Collection Manager of Fossil Invertebrates at the Field Museum, has done many presentations for ESCONI over the years. In October 2023, he gave a presentation entitled “Fossils of Illinois: A Step Back Through Time” at the Lizzadro Museum. Video of the presentation is available on Youtube. Join us for a presentation by…
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Throwback Thursday #129: Puttering in Pewter
This is Throwback Thursday #129. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! The following is an article about working with pewter. It featured Paul Hoalt and Bob Johnson ESCONI members…
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Lizzadro Museum: Moving Sale – Friday & Saturday June 21 & 22, 2019
Lizzadro Museum Moving Sale! 2-Day Moving SaleFriday & Saturday June 21 & 22, 201910 a.m. to 4 p.m. ROCK BOTTOM PRICES!! Items for sale include:Lapidary Materials – slabs, rough & polished stoneMineral Specimens – assorted sizesRocks & FossilsFurniture, Cabinets, Fixtures & More! **All Sales Final** Sold items must be removed from the premises by 5…
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Lizzardro Museum: The Science of Jurassic Park – Saturday, October 27th, 2018
The Lizzardro Museum in Elmhurst, IL has a program entitled “The Science of Jurassic Park” this Saturday, October 27th, 2018 at 2 PM. Details are on their website calendar of events. This unique presentation by Donald Baumgartner, M.S. examines the science facts and myths behind the movies. For optimum experience, watch the movies before coming…
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The Lizzadro Museum has “Dinosaurs at the Museum” on Saturday, January 24th
Rob Sula will be speaking at the Lizzadro Museum this Saturday, January 24th, 2015. His talk is titled "Form Follows Function: Interpreting Dinosaurs Through Their Anatomy". With many years of field experience, Rob is a very interesting speaker! Dinosaurs have captured our collective imagination since Sir Richard Owen first described them in 1842. Their great…
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Events in August, 2011
August 26–28—South Bend, IN. Michiana Gem and Mineral Society’s 48th Annual Jewelry, Gem, and Mineral Show and Sale, St. Joseph Cnty. 4-H Fairgrounds, Esther Singer Bldg., 5177 S. Ironwood Rd. Info.—Marie Crull, 574/272-7209, or crullb2@sbcglobal.net, or sauktown.com/Michiana. Friday, August 26 – ESCONI Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. NOTE! ROOM CHANGE! College of Dupage, Student Resource Center,…
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Events In Last Half of July 2011
Sat., 7/23, Geodes and Gems, Elgin Public Museum, Noon-2 PM; Free Geodes are one of the coolest phenomena of geology; deceptively like a regular rock at first glance, when cracked open, geodes reveal beautiful quartz formations. Discover how they formed and even have a chance to crack open one for yourself. Museum representatives will be…
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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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Events for Weekend 2/18 – 2/20, 2011
Fri. 2/18 – Physics Family Science Night, Elgin Public Museum, Elgin, 6-8 PM; Fee: $2 per person, no registration required. Sat. 2/19 – Opening of new exhibit at Burpee Museum in Rockford IL – Giants! African Dinosaurs. Sat. 2/19 – Rock & Mineral Identification, Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst, 8 yrs to adult, 10:30…
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Events This Week Jan. 10 – 16, 2011
Fri. 1/14 General Meeting, 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage Building K, Room #131. John Ruskamp will speak on: Trans-Cultural Diffusion in North American Native Rock Writing: This dual topic lecture presents images of a previously unidentified solar “sun dagger” shrine in Eastern Arizona, the native folklore associated with it, and explores the possibility that it…
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Local events of interest this weekend, 2010
Friday, September 17, 7:00 pm – Elgin Public Museum, Elgin, IL, Lecture – “Archaeology of Disaster.” Fire, flood, famine, war, plague, earthquake . . . All major disasters leave distinctive signatures in the archaeological record. From the New Madrid quakes of 1811 and 1812 that changed the very course of the Mississippi River, to the…
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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…
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Fossil Collecting Field Trip with Lizzadro Museum, 2010
Travel by motor coach to a quarry near Rockford, Illinois. Collect Ordovician Period (450 million years old)) marine fossils in limestone. Collectable fossils include: brachiopods, gastropods, corals, crinoids, trilobites and cephalopods. Field Trip – Ages 8 yrs. to Adult8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Fee: $40.00 per personMuseum Members $35.00Reservations Required by Friday July 16th at 5:00…
