Press Release - Family Fossil Fun Day 04/27/2008

SUBJECT: Family Fossil Fun Day on April 27 from 1pm to 5pm

FOR RELEASE: immediately through April 27, 2008

Family Fossil Fun Day at Texas Memorial Museum
2400 Trinity St. (2 blocks north of the UT stadium)
Sunday, April 27, from 1pm to 5pm

FREE ADMISSION! FREE ACTIVITIES: fossil identifications, hands-on presentations by paleontologists,
storytime, fossil dig pit, and paleontology-themed crafts and activities

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Texas Memorial Museum is part of the Texas Natural Science Center at UT Austin. The Museums mission: to encourage awareness and appreciation of the interplay of biological, geological and environmental forces as they have shaped, are shaping and will shape our world.

Regular museum hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Museum is located at 2400 Trinity Street (2 blocks north of the UT stadium).

ALWAYS FREE ADMISSION.

For more information about the Texas Memorial Museum, visit www.texasmemorialmuseum.org

About UT's Texas Natural Science Center:

The Center encourages awareness of biological diversity through research, exhibits, and education/outreach and is made up of the Texas Memorial Museum, the Vertebrate Paleontology Lab, the Non-vertebrate Paleontology Lab, and the Texas Natural History Collections. Our leading-edge research in the disciplines of paleontology, geology, biology, herpetology, ichthyology and entomology has amassed a $4-billion collection of 5.7 million specimens. All exhibits and education/outreach programs are based on these specimens, most of which are from Texas and many of which are unique and irreplaceable. Exhibits and educational programming spotlight evolution and biodiversity, dinosaurs and fossils, Texas wildlife, and gems and minerals. We welcome more than 75,000 visitors to our exhibit hall, the Texas Memorial Museum, annually. We are the leader in science education enrichment for Central Texas, with community outreach including teacher training workshops, school presentations reaching 700+ K-12 students each semester, public events that draw more than 8,000 visitors annually, partnerships with other science organizations, and a website featuring virtual exhibits with educational materials for teachers and leading-edge research data.