ROCK PARTY: September 2011!
For additional details, call the Museum at 368-9876.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Noon to 4:30 pm
Educational Fun for All Ages!
$4 adults, $3 seniors, $2 kids ages 6-14
Free for kids 5 and younger and Members
Rock Party Rocks!
On September 18, 2011, a celebration of Idaho’s mining, geologic and archeological history with hands-on activities for children, hikes, gold panning, and more!
Activities inside the museum included mini-mining tours, seismometer demonstrations, and question-answers. Exhibits of rocks and minerals, fossils, mining artifacts, meteorites and more were on display for all.
Outside, on the adjacent hillside, experts in the geologic history of the area, including the Table Rock Quarry, led informative hiking tours.
The 2011 Rock Party is supported in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council’s Endowment for Humanities Education.
The 2011 Rock Party will take place on Sunday, September 18. Tell your friends!
www.idahomuseum.org or call 208-283-3186
Printable 2011 Announcement Details:
Vendor Flyer:
EXHIBITS
- Idaho Rocks & the Stories They Tell
- Idaho’s Historic Mining Districts & Minerals
- 2005 Geology of North America Map
- Why Idaho is the “Gem State”
- Fossils of Lake Idaho
- Rocks from Space
- Rock Party Special Guest Mineral & Fossil Collections!
TOURS & TALKS
- Take a Hillside Geo-Hike
- Hear about Lake Idaho Fossils
- Take an Eagle Rock Sacred Geo-Hike
ALL-DAY ACTIVITIES
- Gold Panning - Mineral Bingo - Fossil Dig
- Hands-On Mineral Identification
- Bring Your Rock for a Geologist to Identify
- Fossil Puzzles - And, More!