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WestFest 2024

Join the Orton Geological Museum and many other exhibitors at WestFest again this year! 

WestFest is a free, family-friendly event highlighting STEM learning and sustainability. It will…

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Earth Science Week 2024

In celebration of Earth Science Week 2024, October 13-19, the Orton Geological Museum presents a new Digital Exhibit, Stones with Stories 2024. 

National Fossil Day will be Wednesday,…

Fossil chondrichthyan in concretion

Fossil "Shark" Inspires Art

A new exhibition, Fossils and Halos, will open at the Richard M. Ross Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University on October 15, 2024. This exhibition, which features new work by members of OWU’s Fine…

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The Orton Geological Museum Turns 150!

The Orton Geological Museum, Ohio’s first natural history museum, opened to the public in August 1874. With the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, the museum enters its 150th year of operation…

Association of Midwest Museums Gala - August 2024

A Night at The Ohio State University

The Association of Midwest Museums held its annual conference in Columbus, Ohio, July 31-August 3. Among the many events, the conference gala, "A Night at The Ohio State University," was held on…

STEAMM Rising - Columbus schools teachers study minerals

STEAMM Rising at the Orton Museum

Columbus City School teachers participated in STEAMM Rising, an Ohio State collaboration with the City of Columbus, Columbus City Schools, and Columbus State Community College to establish…

Green River Formation fishes under UV light

Orton Museum at the Central Ohio Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show

Once again, the Orton Geological Museum will take part in the Central Ohio Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show, which will be held Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7, 2024 at the Ohio…

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The Name of the Sloth

For 225 years, confusion and controversy have surrounded the spelling and/or authorship of Megalonyx, a giant ground sloth from North America. In a review of the earliest paleontology research,…

Megalonyx jeffersonii in Orton Museum

Experience Arts and Sciences Day 2024 at the Orton Museum

With its beautiful, iconic architecture, Orton Hall is an Ohio State landmark. Completed in 1893, it was constructed to house Ohio’s first natural history museum and the original University…