And, last but not least, here is a local news article that got published just before we officially “opened” the Pop-Up Paleo mobile museum in Salina on July 12: https://www.ksal.com/rock-chalk-fossils/?fbclid=IwAR2eRH7KDUO7XLGkJEeTbeb5H3H_laZP3vMKLaMMqrpWK2KMdHIeIowTIDA

And even more photos from the KU NHM Pop-Up Paleo mobile museum trip!

More photos from the KU NHM Pop-Up Paleo mobile museum trip!

The KU Natural History Museum took our Pop-Up Paleo mobile museum across western Kansas last week, making stops in the towns of Salina, Great Bend, and Garden City.  Our goal was to engage underserved audiences outside of our eastern KS base.  Despite the intense heat (one of the student employees nearly passed out from heat exhaustion in S…[Read more]

I personally thought that NAPC 2019 was a fantastic conference. I was so busy having fun and learning new things that I almost forgot that my 8-year wedding anniversary fell right in the middle of the conference on June 25th – haha!  The conference accommodations weren’t swanky, but it was kind of fun to stay in a college dorm once again… and…[Read more]

While attending the North American Paleontological Convention (June 22-27, 2019) in Riverside, CA, I snuck off for a day at the La Brea Tar Pits & Museum. It was awesome to take my time going through the museum and exploring all over the site itself (instead of being rushed through on a quick tour). I was able to ask a bunch of geeky taphonomy…[Read more]