Explore our museum!
Roam around the MuseumÌýand explore learning opportunities in five different "rooms":
- Dino Pit: our showcase space with everyone'sÌýfavourite dinosaurs and other fossils
- Water Room: a research lab with equipment that helps usÌýlearn more about what's in our water
- Mineral Room: a teaching lab with mineral collectors' stories, toolsÌýand favourite finds
- Mining Tunnel: a replica of a real silver mine, with tools from the first half of the 20th century
- Peter Russell Rock Garden: more than 80 large rocks from all over the world,Ìýin the middle of campus
The tour has extra sneak peeks that can't be seen in the actual Museum. You can get right into the Assay Office of the mining tunnelÌýand wander through a working research labÌýupstairs. Conversational audioÌýclips from interviews with various friends of the MuseumÌýprovide information, stories, and advice about their area of expertise. With audio, photo, videoÌýand infographic elements available, dive as deep as you like into your learningÌýfrom the comfort of your own couch! A computer browser and headphones will be most comfortable for this experience.
Let us know what you think viaÌýearthmuseum@uwaterloo.ca.
We'd like to acknowledge that this project would not have come together without significant contributions fromÌýCorina McDonald, Quinn Worthington, Heather Neufeld, Stephanie Reimer, Sunny Luo, Karen Fox, Alexis Hill, Zoe Whitman, Katie Miller, Lindsay Williams, Paul McKone, Madison CurtisÌýand Madison Macgillivray. Audio clips were provided byÌýJim Reimer, Aimee Partlow, Gary Partlow, Dylan Simmonds, Stephanie Kobylinski, Dan Meagher, Brian Kendall, Chris Yakymchuk, Sarah McCaugherty, Mark RehkopfÌýand John Spoelstra.