This Sunday, April 26th will be a special pay-what-you-wish day, sponsored by Wegmans! When registering for a ticket, visitors will be able to choose from a donation range as their admission price.

Put it on your calendar: tockify.com/paleontological/detail/4...

Brrr... it's cold outside again in Ithaca! Put on your hat and gloves and check out the glacier exhibit at Museum of the Earth!!! We're open from 10 to 5 pm today! ❄️🌨️☃️

Join us for our first "Tree Buds" Phenology Walk of the season this upcoming Monday, April 20th! Meet in front of the Cayuga Nature Center Lodge at 3 pm. See you there! 🌲🌳

A Field Guide to the Geology and Paleontology of Salmon Creek and Ludlowville Falls, Lansing, New York, USA While Ithaca, New York is famous for its spectacular geology, well-preserved Paleozoic Era fossils are generally rare due to poor exposure of the Hamilton Group at the south end of Cayuga Lake where Cornell University is situated. Just 16 kilometers north of campus, a series of discontinuous exposures at Salmon Creek in Lansing provide excellent examples of classic Middle Devonian stratigraphy and paleontology. These are accessible by foot at low stream stage, especially during the summer and fall. This field guide reflects a cooperative effort to document these features for education and...

To celebrate Earth Month, we wanted to feature a new element on our Earth@Home website! The Salmon Creek Field Guide shows you how to collect local fossils locally. Please hold off on walking through the creeks now, as there is too much rushing water!

https://ow.ly/MM1A50YJ0jw

Check out our most recent blog post, "An Antarctic Scientist Who Has Never Been South" by Dr. Ming Khan! In this post, Ming tells the reader about her professional journey, and how she can study specimens from Antarctica (as someone who has never been to Antarctica).

https://ow.ly/p9zO50YImQL

Free "fuel" in the form of sunshine and wind is a great reason to use renewable energy. What are some other good reasons? State your opinion/see what other people have to say using this link (www.museumoftheearth.org/changing-climate/share-y... or start a conversation in the comments!

Reminder that today is Mask Monday at the Museum! Your safety is our top priority - see you with your masks on! 😷

This upcoming Monday, and every 2nd Monday of the month (NOTE THE NEW DATE), will be Mask Monday at the Museum!

We recognize that some guests may feel more comfortable visiting the museum while others wear masks.

Your safety is our top priority - see you with your masks on! 😷

To close out the first full week of Earth Month, here’s a rundown of our themed events happening this month!

SITVP on 4/9 - 7 pm
Tree Buds Walk on 4/20 - 3 pm
SITVP on 4/23 - 7 pm
Spring BioBlitz - 4/24 to 4/30 on your own time

More info on our website!

PRI is hiring! We are looking for a new Associate Director for Operations and an Exhibits and Maintenance Lead. More info on our website!

Tune in for our upcoming Science in the Virtual Pub lecture with Dr. Adriane R. Lam on Thursday, Apr 9th at 7 pm EST!

For more info: tockify.com/paleontological/detail/4...

To register: cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkcOy...

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