Visitors are invited to bring in objects and collections for identification by experts at the Exhibit Museum's annual ID Day. Experts join us from the fields of paleontology, anthropology, archaeology, botany, zoology, and geology. Visitors may bring in such items as shells; rocks and minerals; invertebrate fossils; arrow heads; shards of pottery; vertebrate bones; insects; skulls; seeds, leaves and twigs; and fish.

The event is also fun for visitors who don't have objects to bring in. Learn about the specimens and artifacts in the experts' collections, and find out what surprises other visitors have brought in! Sorry, no appraisals will be given.

The Museum will be celebrating National Fossil Day at ID Day on October 3. Organized by the Paleontological Research Institute in partnership with the National Park Service, the American Geological Institute, and the National Earth Science Teachers Association, the first National Fossil Day will take place on on October 13, 2010 during Earth Science Week.

National Fossil Day (NFD) is a celebration that aims to “promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils, as well as to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational value.” National parks, natural history institutions, and science-based organizations will be celebrating National Fossil Day with events leading up to and following October 13.