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![Mississippi State’s Dunn-Seiler Geology Museum will host a Fossil Extravaganza Wednesday [Oct. 14] at the university. Founded in 1946, the museum is home to mineral and rock collections, meteorites and extensive fossil displays. (Photo by Beth Wynn)](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/Dunn-Seiler_Geology_Museum_3BW3705.jpg "Mississippi State’s Dunn-Seiler Geology Museum will host a Fossil Extravaganza Wednesday [Oct. 14] at the university. Founded in 1946, the museum is home to mineral and rock collections, meteorites and extensive fossil displays. (Photo by Beth Wynn)")
STARKVILLE, Miss.— In celebration of National Fossil Day, Mississippi State’s Dunn-Seiler Geology Museum is hosting a Fossil Extravaganza Wednesday [Oct. 14] at the university.
The free geosciences department-sponsored event will be held 5:30-7 p.m. in Hilbun Hall. Individuals of all ages from the campus and surrounding communities are welcome to attend.
Museum tours, children’s activities and complimentary refreshments will be available. The Dunn-Seiler Geology Museum houses mineral and rock collections, meteorites and extensive fossil displays.
Items include a Triceratops skull replica, Cretaceous crocodile skull, as well as many fossils from Mississippi and the Southeast region. For more, visit http://www.geosciences.msstate.edu/museum.htm.
Additional information about MSU’s Fossil Extravaganza and Dunn-Seiler Geology Museum is available from museum director Renée Clary at rclary@geosci.msstate.edu.
More on National Fossil Day is found at http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/.
MSU is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.