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Celebrating Kansas’s new state fossils at the Sternberg Museum!

Tylosaurus (top) and Pteranodon (bottom) fossils ondisplayat the Sternberg Museum of Natural Historyin Hays, Kansas.Last month, the Kansas legislators passed a bill naming Pteranodon and Tylosaurus as the state fossils of Kansas. Tomorrow, Wednesday April 23rd, Kansas governor Sam Brownback will visit the Sternberg Museum here in Hays for a ceremonial signing of the fossil bill. The billContinueContinue reading “Celebrating Kansas’s new state fossils at the Sternberg Museum!”

Sternberg Summer Camps Update

The Mission of the Sternberg Museum of Natural History is to foster “an appreciation and understanding of Earth’s natural history and the evolutionary forces that impact it…with an emphasis on the Great Plains.” Located in Western Kansas, we have a unique position serving rural regions of the Great Plains and surrounding urban populations with scienceContinueContinue reading “Sternberg Summer Camps Update”

Crowdfunding Museum Education

The Sternberg Museum has launched a new fundraising campaign to help support our summer field programs for elementary, junior high, and high school students. Located in rural western Kansas, our museum has the opportunity to provide science education not only to the Hays, KS community, but all of western Kansas and the Central Great PlainsContinueContinue reading “Crowdfunding Museum Education”

Titans of the Ice Age: When Big was Cool

We have a new exhibit at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History!Last Saturday, December 14, we opened Titans of the Ice Age: When Big was Cool! This new exhibit was built by Sternberg Museum staff and features information about Ice Age mammals. The last ice age took place during the Pleistocene Epoch, which lasted 2.6ContinueContinue reading “Titans of the Ice Age: When Big was Cool”

New Exhibit Opening!

Opening Saturday December 14th, 2013:TITANS OF THE ICE AGE: When Big Was CoolBy comparing fossils from the most recent Ice Age with their modern descendants, this new exhibit showcases some of the Megafauna that used to roam North America. Why was the Ice Age cold?WhyContinueContinue reading “New Exhibit Opening!”