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Family day event at UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Winter Family Fun Day, Feb. 7, will feature learning to “See Time”
EUGENE, Ore. -- (Jan. 23, 2009) -- The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History will host a Winter Family Fun Day on Saturday, Feb. 7, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Families will learn how to “read” a rock, join a fossil hunt and make a fossil as they play and learn together with hands-on activities in the newest museum exhibit “Seeing Time.” Visitors will also find out what small details, such as texture, grain size and crystal structure, can tell about a rock.
The new exhibit, "Seeing Time—Geologic Clues to Our Ancient Earth," opened this month.
Winter Family Fun Day will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. at the museum, 1680 E. 15th Ave. Admission is $5 for families (two adults and up to four youths), MNCH members are free. The museum will offer new memberships for half price on family day.
Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Admission is free for the public on Wednesdays.
About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon's flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of the 62 leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. The University of Oregon is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.
Contact: Judi Pruitt, 541-346-1671, judip@uoregon.edu
Link: UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History, http://natural-history.uoregon.edu
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