Event

National Fossil Day at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Location
National Museum of Natural History
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Free
Kids & Families
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Save the date for some fossil fun on Wednesday, October 14th!
Celebrate National Fossil Day with real fossils and free, family-friendly activities in the museum’s Hall of Fossils – Deep Time! Scientists and educators from the Smithsonian will be on hand to welcome families and anyone interested in exploring Earth’s deep past. No registration required.

Visitors can: 

  • Touch and hold real fossils
  • Observe experts at work in the FossiLab 
  • Get up-close to the Nation’s T. rex
  • And more! 

Image Information (credit): Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops horridus (Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution)

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Exterior of the National Museum of Natural History with a large central dome and facade facing the National Mall
National Museum of Natural History
The world's most popular natural history museum is dedicated to understanding the natural world and our place in it.
Location
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
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