Hands on

Dig Site

Hands-on fossil hunting for younger visitors. Come find something and take it home. Make a bracelet out of crinoid fossils and wear it out. We are still putting this room together. More detail and real photographs are coming.

A hand pointing at a small fossil in a spread of screened gravel. Sponsored by Geology Nerds of Western Kentucky
Gravel sorting for fossilsWhile supplies last
A fossil fish skeleton on a split slab of pale Green River limestone. Sponsored by Geology Nerds of Western Kentucky
Split rocks for fossilsWhile supplies last
A juice bottle on a picnic table, filled part way with small disc shaped crinoid columnals.
Crinoid fossil bracelet makingWhile supplies last
Placeholder drawing by Patrick Weck. Photo coming.
Dino coloring activity
A boy and his mother behind a cabinet of toy dinosaurs on a front lawn, under a hand lettered Dino Trade sign.
Dinosaur trading postPhotograph by Kevin A. Roberts
Placeholder drawing by Patrick Weck. Photo coming.
More coming