Mazon Creek Open House

 

Saturday October 20, 2007

10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

  

        Free, drop-in event

      No re-registration necessary.                                                                                            

Paleontologists will present lectures on Illinois' famous Mazon Creek fossils. There will be a silent auction and you can also bring your own Mazon Creek fossils to be identified.

Elgin Public Museum
at Lords Park

    225 Grand Blvd

   (847) 741- 6655

                               ww.elginpublicmuseum.org

 

The Museum has a noteworthy collection of Mazon Creek fossils, both plant and animal. There are also excellent books to aide in identification in the Museum store.

 

For additional information, please contact Margaret Stromberg at the Elgin Public Museum; or:

 

Frank Pranschke            

(773) 283- 2650               

fapranschke@cs.com

 

Sponsored by:   Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) and ESCONI