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Friday, May 4, 2018 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Jane's Walk: Rock Around À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ

ptygmatic fold in country rock in the shape of letter "W"

Explore Earth Science in the À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ region on this 1.5Ìýhour walk. We will see building stones, fossils,ÌýerraticsÌýand more.ÌýDress for the weather, and wear your walking shoes!ÌýÌý

Find out more at www.janeswalk.org/canada/waterloo-on/

Sunday, May 6, 2018 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Jane's Walk: Rock Around À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ

ptygmatic fold in country rock in the shape of letter "W"

Explore Earth Science in the À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ region on this 1.5Ìýhour walk. We will see building stones, fossils,ÌýerraticsÌýand more.ÌýDress for the weather, and wear your walking shoes!ÌýÌý

Find out more at www.janeswalk.org/canada/waterloo-on/

Thursday, August 2, 2018 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Walking Tour: Glacial Features of Maryhill

Join Peter Russell and Corina McDonald from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ's Earth Sciences Museum for a short walk around Maryhill. Drumlins, eskers, moraines and till! Learn about these and more interesting and useful glacial features. Meet at the Maryhill Heritage Park Community Centre.

Click the following link to register for this event:Ìý

http://calendar.rwlibrary.ca/Default/Detail/2018-08-02-1800-Glacial-Features-of-Maryhill-Walking-Tour
Friday, October 25, 2019 12:00 pm - Saturday, October 26, 2019 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ 2019 Gem and Mineral Show

Visit the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Earth Sciences Museum for our annual Gem and Mineral Show!Ìý

Friday October 25th: 12 noon - 6 p.m.

Saturday October 26th: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Join us on the first and second floors of the EIT building for two days of gems, minerals, fossils and jewellery.

Friday, May 5, 2023 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Jane's Walk tours the Peter Russell Rock Garden

Join us on Friday, May 5th for a tour of the Peter Russell Rock Garden. Located in the heart of campus, the rock garden contains 80 specimens from around the globe. Participants willÌýlearn about the history of Earth, mines and minerals of Canada as well as theÌýunique rock structures of Ontario.

The 1.5 hour tourÌýwill be led by theÌýEarth Sciences Museum curator emeritus Peter Russell.

The tourÌýwill ²ú±ðÌý´Ú°ù´Ç³¾Ìý11:30 AM - 1:00 PM and will begin and end at University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ, Parking Lot C (off of Seagram Drive). The walk includes paved surfaces throughout the campus and there is accessible parking available closer to the rock garden (pickup a ticket from Parking Services located on Ring Road).