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Stratford Cliffs Fossil Hunt (Fossil Club Members Only)

Photo by Virginia State Parks

Clubs Field Experiences Fossils Members Only

Fossil Club members are invited once again to participate in this ever-popular NHSM event! Among the most important fossil research sites in the Mid-Atlantic region, Stratford Cliffs were formed when land replaced an ancient sea. Fossils found here are from the Miocene Epoch, approximately 17 to 10 million years ago, and indicate an ancient sea […]

Cost: $30

Fossil Club: Living Fossils, or Modern Wonders? Evolution of the Horseshoe Crab

Clubs Fossils Lectures & Workshops Open to the Public

Often referred to as “living fossils”, horseshoe crabs have inhabited the Earth’s water for nearly half a billion years. They have survived all of our planet’s recorded mass extinctions, witnessed the rise and fall of the dinosaurs, and have done it all while maintaining more or less the same body plan. It’s easy to assume […]

Cost: $0-5

Fossil Hunt at Stratford Hall: NHSM Members Only

Photo by Jayne Ash

For the Family Fossils Open to the Public

How big is your shark tooth collection? If your answer is between zero and a thousand, join us to search for fossil treasures at Stratford Hall. With private beach access and help from expert volunteers, this trip is a unique opportunity for those looking to learn about ancient life in this area and perfect their […]

Cost: $30-40

Fossil Club Trip to Centralia, PA

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Clubs Fossils Members Only

NHSM Fossil Club members are once again invited to Centralia, PA, to hunt for plant fossils. Centralia was a small coal mining community in central PA that had to be abandoned after the coal beds under it caught fire in the 1960s. Today nothing is left but the streets and sidewalks and some cemeteries. The […]

Cost: $0

Stratford Cliffs Spring Fossil Hunt — Fossil Club Members Only

Photo by Virginia State Parks

Clubs Fossils Members Only

Fossil Club members are invited once again to participate in this ever-popular NHSM event! Among the most important fossil research sites in the Mid-Atlantic region, Stratford Cliffs were formed when land replaced an ancient sea. Fossils found here are from the Miocene Epoch, approximately 17 to 10 million years ago, and indicate an ancient sea […]

Cost: $30