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Summer Hours Begin May 29
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We are open! Our winter hours are Friday and Saturday 10 am-5 pm. We can open during the week for groups of ten or more people. Our zip-line is even available weather permitting! Check out our “What’s New” page in the “Visit” menu on our website to see a list of our new exhibits and specimens. Stop by and see us! Remember, pastors and teachers are FREE on Fridays! Call first to RSVP.

Thank You Supporters
A BIG thank you to all of our donors and supporters! You made 2011 a great success! Our organization depends on gifts like yours.

Tour Guides Needed!
Application forms can be filled out from our website at akronfossils.com/jobs.

Welcome Dr. Gotch!!!
Dr. Al Gotch has recently joined the museum as our new Executive Director. He earned his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Thiel College and from Purdue University he earned his Masters in Chemistry and his PhD in Physical Chemistry. In addition to a great scientific background, Dr. Gotch also brings with him his experience in teambuilding. We look forward to exciting things with him. You can read a variety of his publications by clicking here.

We Now Manufacture Fossil Replicas!!!
Our manufacturing department is now up and running. We are able to make and sell a variety of castings. Check our website for photos and ordering details.

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Our current business hours are Friday and Saturday
10 am - 5 pm.
Last tour at 3:45 pm
Closed on Sundays.

Group Fieldtrips
Check out our group rates and discounts for group leaders.

Admission Rates
 $8 adults
$6 children
Toddlers FREE
$30 max family price!

Free Fridays!
Pastors and Teachers receive a free guided tour
 every Friday. Please call to RSVP.
 

Events Calendar

Weekend of February 17-20—The Great Backyard Bird Count and Ornithology Workshop with Al Parker

March 24 — Creature Feature: Waking Up from Winter

April 14 and 28—Creature Feature—Amphibians: Slimy, Sticky, and Splendid

May 5-12—Science Fair Convention—Prizes awarded for youth, high school, and adult categories

May 12—Kids Science Bash and Creature Feature-Are You My Cousin?

June 9 and 23—Creature Feature - Spider Webs: Masterpieces of Silk

June 16—Niagara Falls Field Trip (Registration opens February 1st!)

Ongoing Fundraisers
Acme receipt collection ends on Feb. 19! Receipts can be dropped off or mailed to the Science Center. Click here for our address.

Remember to use GoodSearch.com when surfing the Web! They will donate to us for each search that is made. Thanks!!

Speakers Bureau
We have added new faces to our speakers bureau!  In addition to Mr. Sanderson, Josiah Detwiler, Jodie Brewer, and John Lookabaugh, this year Dr. Al Gotch and Megan Beaver have joined the team! Megan has an Animal Tracks program, which is a traveling presentation that includes live animal ambassadors!

Click here for more information

The Great Backyard Bird Count
The Bird Count will be taking place across the country Feb. 17-20. Join us at the museum for a fun workshop with our rappelling trip guide Al Parker on Saturday Feb. 18th. He will have live birds to view and will be talking about birds! The Science Adventure Club students will be counting birds throughout the day on Friday Feb. 17th for the Bird Count. Science Adventure Club meets on Fridays 3:30-5:30 pm.

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New Live Animal Collection
We are pleased to announce the addition of live animals to our museum! The animals will be making their debut at our first Creature Feature animal encounter on March 24th. Come join us for this workshop and touch or hold some cute cuddlies or creepy crawlies! Our animal ambassadors help us study our created world as we explore their characteristics and design features. Our animals can also travel to your church, school, or other location with our Animal Tracks program.

Click here or call us for more information

Lecture Series 2012
Our Lecture Series kicked off with a great start on January 21st at 7 pm! “Stewardship of Energy Resources” was the topic from chemist Dr. Al Gotch. In February, our Hocking Hills rappelling trip guide Al Parker will be giving an ornithology (birds) lecture and workshop. Check out our other dates for the Lecture Series on our website. A suggested donation of $2 per person or $8 per family is appreciated for each lecture.

More info can be found here soon

Holiday Camp 2011
The kids had a great time at “Merry Migration” our 2nd Annual Holiday Camp this year! We studied migration patterns of birds, whales, butterflies, zebras, and penguins, to name a few. The favorite was the Christmas Island crab migration for reproduction. The four days were jam-packed with fun, learning, and of course hot chocolate!

Learn more about our other camps

Niagara Falls Field Trip
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Registration opens February 1st! The tour will take place on the New York side of the Falls, so no passports are required. Arrangements are being made to hike down into the Niagara Gorge, go fossil hunting as well as the standard rim tour and Maid of the Mist ferryboat ride.

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Super Science Saturday
Another full year of classes just finished and we are excited to start the next year. Our science learning is going a little deeper through weekly classes and monthly unit studies. We have seen some fantastic growth among our students! We are starting our learning this year with Soap Science in January with several experiments involving soap and the scientific method! That should be some good clean fun! Check our website for the entire year’s list of topics. And remember, there is no better place for the young scientist than at AFSC every Saturday 10-11:30 am!!

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Thank You!!!
Greg Spickard, Josiah Detwiler, and Jessica Bee-Willis did a fantastic job putting our annual auction together in November. Thanks for your hard work! Jessica, our Administrative Assistant, recently left the museum to move back to Florida. She did a wonderful job making important marketing inroads and increasing our gift shop revenue. She will be greatly missed and we wish her the best!

Birthday Parties
We now have three different package themes to choose from: Wacky Mad Scientist, Getting Dusty Digging for Dinos, and Amazing Astronomy! Our party rooms have been remodeled and renovated into bigger and brighter rooms. Book a party with us and you will not be disappointed!

Corporate Meeting Rooms Available for Rent!!
Our rooms can now be rented for corporate meetings or overnight lock-ins! Call for more information or see our website at akronfossils.com/parties.

Species Spotlight: Rabbit
Habitat: All continents except Antarctica. Found in grasslands, forests, mountains, deserts, swamps.
Diet: Vegetation
Size: Can reach up to 15 lbs and 2 ft long
Classification: Class Mammalia (mammals); Order Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, pikas); Family Leporidae; over 50 species.
The rabbit’s skin is not attached to the body. Just like some lizards will lose a tail to escape a predator, the rabbit can lose a piece of skin to a predator and escape.
There are over 60 breeds of domestic rabbit!
Rabbits practice coprophagy, in which the rabbits partially digest their food, pass it out of the body, eat the feces, and digest it again.
In the United States rabbits are the only animal considered pets, food, and pests simultaneously!

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You can keep up-to-date with the current events and programs at the museum by following our blog. It’s loaded with current and past information.
Check it out at akronfossils.com/museumblog

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