The Museum is an exciting place. It is both a facility as well as a concept. It is both a reality as well as a dream. It is a never-ending treasure hunt for answers to questions. It is a constant amazement and appreciation of this blue and green planet we call Earth.
The Museum's major focus is, of course, the study of natural history. Its primary participants are the students of Sierra College who attend classes, field courses, lectures, seminars and demonstrations. But there's much available for everyone.
The Museum is also a favorite place of the regional public. Thousands each year attend seminars, programs, field trips and activities sponsored by the Museum and designed specifically for the public.
The Museum is open during regular college class hours during the week, but because there are classes in session in the building, we ask that visitors be quiet as they explore. It is open on weekends only when there are other activities in the building. For a guided tour, call 916-789-2724 and leave a message.
Find out what's new at the Museum.
Summer 2008 Field Trip
or what I did on MY summer vacation.
Ever wonder what it is like to go on a fossil hunting field trip? Well, in June 2008 Professors Dick Hilton, Charles Dailey and Holly Dodson led a course field trip to Wyoming with federal permits to look for Eocene fossils in the Willwood Formation. They collected many small fossils, including coryphodon and perissodactyla, which are now being prepared for display in the Museum. Rain cut the fossil hunting a bit short, so they visited the snowy Beartooth Mountains in Montana and Yellowstone National Park.
Here is a photo gallery of the trip.
New eJournals online
The Journal of the Sierra College Natural History Museum is now online. It will have three editions a year. The first issue is about the Museum itself. The second issue focuses on Earth Day and the Sierra Nevada.
Also online is Snowy Range Reflections: a Journal of Sierra Nevada History and Biography. Also issued three times a year, the first issue covers several stories. The second issue is on the literature of the Sierra Nevada.
Earth Day 2008
Sierra College, Rocklin Campus, celebrated April 16th-18th. Here are some photos from it. Wednesday. Thursday.
Schedule a tour of the Museum and/or Nature Trail
Do you have some spare time and want to personally help the Museum?
Find out how to be a Museum volunteer or docent here.
