The Museum will be closed for the holidays on December 21, 2024. It will re-open on January 6, 2025.
Museum staff will be attending the PDAC convention. For most of the convention we will be located at the University of Waterloo booth. On Tuesday we will be participating with the PDAC's Mining Matters crew and helping to educate both elementary and high school children about rocks and minerals!
The show is running from Friday September 30th to October 2nd at the Ancaster Fairgrounds.
This year, the Peninsula Bruce Trail Club’s 13th Annual Hike Festival will feature hikes around the Bruce Trial in Tobermory and a variety of seminars, including a talk by Peter Russell. The Earth Sciences Museum is showing two displays at this event; vibrantly coloured mineral samples, and Burgess Shale fossils.
Peter Russell's talk Hiking the Red Rocks of Arizona will be at 7pm on September 30th, and our mineral displays will be available to view Friday though Saturday at the National Parks Visitors Centre in Tobermory.
The London Gem & Mineral Show will have vendors selling minerals, fossils, and jewellery. In addition, the event will host seminars and workshops about earth science and jewellery making.
The Earth Sciences Museum will be providing hands-on educational activities for kids at this event on Saturday November 19th and Sunday November 20th.
Museum staff will be attending the PDAC convention. For most of the convention we will be located at the University of Waterloo booth. On Tuesday we will be participating with the PDAC's Mining Matters crew and helping to educate both elementary and high school children about rocks and minerals!
Join us for the 45th annual Brantford Gem and Mineral Show. Located at the Paris Fairgrounds, 139 Silver St., Paris, Ontario. This is a family friendly event held on both Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm. Find rocks, minerals, gems, jewellery, kids activities and more!
The Peter Russell Rock Garden was created along with the University of Waterloo's Earth Sciences Museum, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year! Join us for a tour around this beautiful oasis on campus. Through our discussion of various rock specimens from around the globe that make up the rock garden, you'll learn about the history of Earth, mines and minerals of Canada, and unique rock structures of Ontario. If we're lucky, the wisteria will be in bloom, too!
Bring a picnic lunch for your family, enjoy free kids activities, and celebrate with us in the beautiful Peter Russell Rock Garden.
The Earth Sciences Museum is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year and as part of its celebration will be providing a public tour of the Rock Garden and Museum.