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GeoFest

gfst_group.jpgOctober 24 - 26, 2008

Friday and Saturday:  9 a.m. - 5 p.m.;
Sunday:
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
 

Each October, the Indiana State Museum celebrates rocks, fossils, and minerals with GeoFestVendors and experts from all around the country converge on the museum with wonderful examples of jewelry, fossils, and more.  

  • Shop for your own geo-treasures. A wide variety of dealers geofest_logo_web.jpgwill be selling unique jewelry, minerals, and fossils from all over the world.
  • Enjoy children’s activities and win geo-prizes.
  • Meet experts from the Indiana State Museum and organizations from all over Indiana.
  • Explore the museum’s three natural history galleries.  gfst_looking.jpg

GeoFest is free for members and included with museum admissionGroup rates are available.

Visit the Calendar of Events for more.

Presented by Stone Center of Indiana and Indiana Limestone, with contributing support from ARCADIS.

This event meets Indiana Academic Standards in: 
Science: 1.1.4, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.6, 2.3.3, 3.2.6, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.5, 3.5.5, 3.6.3, 3.6.5, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 5.1.3, 5.4.5, 5.4.8, 7.3.8, 7.3.9, 7.3.10, 8.4.8, ES.1.22, ES.1.28, ES.1.29, B.1.41, Env.1.4

Social Studies: 4.3.6, 4.4.1, 4.4.3

Charles Black of Indianapolis is credited with the first automobile crash, having driven into two store windows in 1891.
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