The 48th Annual Rutgers University Geology Museum Open House will take place on Saturday January 30, 2016 between 9 am and 4 pm. All events will be held in Scott Hall and the Rutgers Geology Museum located on the College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick, NJ. For information on parking, locations, etc. please check out the Open House information page.
Mineral Sale
- 9 am to 4 pm, Scott Hall Room 135
- Credit card, checks and cash now accepted!
Lecture Series
All lectures will be held in Scott Hall Room 123.
10 am to 11 am- "The Moon rocks: Lunar meteorites and the secrets they contain"
- Dr. Juliane Gross, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University
11:30 am to 12:30 pm- "From Plate Tectonics to Deep Earth Dynamics: A Seismological Journey Inside the Earth"
- Dr. Caroline Beghein, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm- "The Sound and the Fury: Marine acoustic profiling to measure sea-level change amid environmental concerns"
- Dr. Gregory Mountain, Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm- "Reconstructing the Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironment of the Turkana Basin, Kenya"
- Dr. Catherine Beck, Assistant Professor, Geosciences Department, Hamilton College
Kids Activities
All of the kids activities will be held Scott Hall Rooms 202, 203, and 204.
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Room 202- Activity 1- Planetary Sciences
- Room 203- Activity 2- Stone Tools
- Room 204- Activity 3- Oceanography
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Room 202- Activity 1- Planetary Sciences
- Room 203- Activity 2- Stone Tools
- Room 204- Activity 3- Oceanography
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Room 202- Activity 1- Planetary Sciences
- Room 203- Activity 2- Stone Tools
- Room 204- Activity 3- Oceanography
Make-and-Take Activities and Guest Appearances
All make-and-take arts and crafts activities and guest appearance will be held in the Geology Museum between 11 am and 3 pm.
Meet local Author Lynne M. Silber!
Each book in the Remote Control Adventures series by Lynne M. Silber takes young readers on an action-packed, epic quest with two siblings, Zack & Lana Landon, and their magic remote control. For more information about Ms. Silber and the Remote Control Adventures series, visit her website at www.remotecontroladventures.com.
Visit from Field Station Dinosaurs!
Join the staff from Field Station Dinosaurs as they show off some of the amazing fossils from the Mesozoic!
Rock and Mineral Identification
Rock and mineral identification will be held in Scott Hall Room 205 between 11 am and 2 pm.
