Happy Hour
Make it a date night! Take a journey through time and explore the museum and enjoy a refreshment or two! 5:00-8:00 pmFREE Museum Admissionwith pre-paid $20 HAPPY HOUR TICKET($25 at the door) Enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres on the courtyard courtesy of our sponsor Lhoist. Charleville Winery will be offering tastings by the glass or […]
First Fossil ID Clinic held
Visitors to the Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center had the opportunity to have their finds identified by museum curator Guy Darrough. Darrough held the first Fossil Identification Clinic on Wednesday, March 23. Those who brought in their geologic curiosities finally were able to put a name to what they found….chert nodules, geodes, concretions and more. […]
Fossil Identification Day
Fossils are everywhere. They are found across the globe — at the tops of mountains, at the bottoms of seas and everywhere in between. Sometimes they are even found in our own backyards! However, not everything we find is a fossil. Have you found a fossil? Find out for sure by bringing it (or up […]
Show Me Dino Lab Day!
DATES: April 16, 22 & 30 11:00 am – 4 pm Watch how the experts do it! Don’t be shy about asking questions!
Rural Missouri features SGMLC in magazine
The Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center has received a lot of press lately, related mostly to the Missouri Dinosaur discovery. The Rural Missouri magazine article focused mainly on the museum, itself. We think you’ll enjoy it. Rural Missouri Magazine Article Our thanks to Jim McCarty for taking the time to visit.
The story of the Missouri Dinosaur
The story of the Missouri dinosaur is very long and twisted. By happenstance, in the 1940s the Chronister family in Bollinger County was digging a well and came across a number of bones. As serendipity would have it, there was a geologist nearby, Dan Stewart from the Missouri Geological Survey doing soil studies at the […]
Official Missouri Dinosaur Visitor Site Dedicated at SGMLC Grand Opening
The Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center held its grand opening Saturday, December 11 and a major part of the celebration was dedicating the museum as the Official Missouri Dinosaur Visitor Site.Robert Wolk, president of the museum executive board, welcomed the crowd of about 150. “The original museum began in 1935 as part of the 200th […]