Fossil Fair
If you're a member and interested in displaying at the Aurora Fossil Festival, please contact Jeff Cohn at jcohn (at) nc.rr.com.
Contact: Ruffin Tucker paleotck@netscape.net
More than a fossil show, this event spotlights all sorts of natural treasures from the earth including fossils, rocks, minerals and the ancient stories that these items tell. See museum and fossil club displays and purchase interesting specimens from vendors. Mine for gemstones like garnets, emeralds and amethyst. Kids can meet animated prehistoric characters, see a full-sized T. rex, make a fossil fish print, search for tiny fossils from the Carolina Coast, and much more
The Rankin Museum Mini Fossil Fair will be an opportunity for the public to enjoy this beautiful museum while learning about fossils from a variety of NCFC members' fossil collections. In addition, there will be four one-hour sessions for 25 children to hunt for fossils in the Aurora PCS fossil dirt. Come and be an exhibitor, or bring the whole family for a day of paleontology!
The NCFC Annual Meeting and Fossil Fair will be held in Whiteville, NC at the NC Museum of Forestry. Members of the club will exhibit their personal collections of fossils from NC as well as from many other places. Come visit the museum, hear special lecture presentations, and participate in activities for the whole family! There will be a short business meeting at 5:00 p.m. to elect officers for the upcoming year.
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Be sure to bring your friends and family to the 16th annual Aurora Fossil Festival in Aurora, NC on Memorial Day weekend. Members of the North Carolina Fossil Club will display fossils they have found and collected both from sites in NC and elsewhere. Exhibits of those displays will be in the Community Center on Saturday, May 28. In addition, experts from the Smithsonian Institution will be available there to identify your fossil finds and to answer your questions.
