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News & Events

Late Nights at the Museum

Held on the first Wednesday of each month. Come to the museum to enjoy activity stations for children and adults alike from 4pm-8pm.

• February 6, 2013
• Egypt- Come and get wrapped up in our Egypt night as we explore mummies and learn about the ancient Egyptian culture.
• March 6, 2013
• Darwin- Join us as we take a look at evolution and our ancestors and discover how species have changed through time.
• April 3, 2013
• Dinosaurs- Take a step back in time and come with us to discover the different types of dinosaurs that inhabited the Earth during the Mesozoic.
• May 1, 2013
• Ice Age- Come chill with us and learn about mastodons, saber tooth cats, and the many other creatures that roamed this planet during the Ice Age.

The Museum will be open until 8 pm.

Please no unaccompanied minors.

Field Trips

The Geology of Rutgers
Join Rutgers geologists at Johnson Park in New Brunswick to learn about the geology of the Rutgers campuses.

• Sunday, May 26, 2013 – Ringing Rock Park. – Click HERE to download a registration form.

Rock Field Trip

Visit one of the mysteries of the geologic world with a trip to Ringing Rocks Park. We will explore the 7-acre site with Rutgers Geologists and enjoy the sounds of a real "rock" concert!

• Saturday, June 1, 2013 – Ringing Rock Park. –  Click HERE to download a registration form.

Limited to 50 people. Please no unaccompanied minors. We reserve the right to cancel any trip that has not reached a minimum of 25 people.
Fossil Field Trip

Find your own fossils on a guided field trip to the Big Brook Preserve in Colts Neck, NJ with Rutgers University geologists.

• Saturday, June 8, 2013 - Big Brook Preserve, Colts Neck, NJ-  Click HERE to download a registration form.

Limited to 50 people. Please no unaccompanied minors. We reserve the right to cancel any trip that has not reached a minimum of 25 people.

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Spring Friends of the Geology Museum Meeting

“The Delaware River; Glacial Maximum to Modern Day”

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
7:30 pm at the Rutgers Geology Museum

Presented by Kelsey Bitting
PhD Candidate
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University

• A reception will follow at the Rutgers University Geology Museum.

• If you would like to attend this event please R.S.V.P to the museum at 848-932-7243 or at musum@rci.rutgers.edu.

• Educators who attend Museum presentations can receive credit toward their professional development requirements.

Click HERE to Download the event flyer.

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The Rapscallion Club Book Party

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 from 7 to 8 pm
Free for all ages!

Join the Club!  The Rapscallion Club’s International Exploratorium and High Adventure Road Show and Book Release Party. 

An all ages event featuring author Alex Dawson, tusk tickler (i.e. piano man) Shayfer James, stick fighter and brolly brawler Sir Ogden Blatherskite, and, of course, THE RAPSCALLION CLUB, an archeological adventure story for precocious children and nostalgic adults!

What do French fry contests, bullet ants, and the lost art of umbrella combat have in common with dead pirates, island treasure and an excoriated Titanic  survivor named Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon? A ten year old boy from New Jersey finds out when he travels to Peru by way of an underground tunnel that magically connects the cellar of his house to the basement of the South American Explorers Club, an eccentric and possibly haunted establishment chock-a-block with bones, stones, tusks and teeth.

Don’t miss this eclectic, super-charged mix of author reading, show-and-tell session, strength demonstration, umbrella combat exhibition, musical performance, and book signing, all in under sixty minutes!

For more info (reviews, excerpts, illustrations, etc.), visit www.rapscallionclub.com.