Museum staff will be attending the PDAC convention. For most of the convention we will be located at the University of ݮƵ booth. On Tuesday we will be participating with the PDAC's Mining Matters crew and helping to educate both elementary and high school children about rocks and minerals!
Earth Science Museum is partnering withKitchener-ݮƵGem and Mineral Club to give tours about the local and distant rocks used in different buildings and structures around ݮƵ andKitchener.
A Grand kickoff eventcommemorating theKW Gem and Mineral Club's50thAnniversary.
Thefree event for the public includes displays inKitchenerCity Hall Rotunda, a raffle for a very nice mineral specimen,giveaways for kids, andeducational activities lead byCorinaMcDonaldof theEarth Sciences Museum.
A partnership event with theKitchener-ݮƵGem and Mineral Club with activities for kids including panning for gold, digging for fish fossils and a marvelous mining activity.
The event commemorates theKW Gem and Mineral Club's50thAnniversary.
Museum staff will be attending the PDAC convention. For most of the convention we will be located at the University of ݮƵ booth. On Tuesday we will be participating with the PDAC's Mining Matters crew and helping to educate both elementary and high school children about rocks and minerals!
The show is running from Friday September 30th to October 2nd at theAncasterFairgrounds.
This year, thePeninsula Bruce Trail Club’s 13th Annual Hike Festival will feature hikes around the Bruce Trial in Tobermoryand a variety of seminars, including a talk by Peter Russell. The Earth Sciences Museum is showing two displays at this event;vibrantlycoloured mineral samples, andBurgess Shale fossils.
Peter Russell's talk Hiking the Red Rocks of Arizona will be at 7pm on September 30th, and our mineral displays will be available to viewFriday though Saturday at theNational Parks Visitors Centre in Tobermory.
The London Gem & Mineral Show will have vendors selling minerals, fossils, and jewellery. In addition, the event will host seminars and workshops about earth science and jewellery making.
The Earth Sciences Museum will be providing hands-oneducational activities for kids at this event on Saturday November 19th and Sunday November 20th.
Museum staff will be attending the PDAC convention. For most of the convention we will be located at the University of ݮƵ booth. On Tuesday we will be participating with the PDAC's Mining Matters crew and helping to educate both elementary and high school children about rocks and minerals!