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11
Sep

Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity at The Prehistoric Museum

Exhibition

Come down and explore our special exhibit, Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity during USU Museum Week! This exhibit explores the cultural impact Andrew Carnegie’s Diplodocus skeleton had on a global scale. A complete media sensation, casts of this animal can be found in some of the preeminent museums across the world including the French National Museum of Natural History, the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Walk through the bones of the last original cast of Dippy while learning about its impact on science in the media, animation, and even world peace.

Admission to the Prehistoric Museum is always free for USU students, staff and faculty

All Day |
12
Sep

Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity at The Prehistoric Museum

Exhibition

Come down and explore our special exhibit, Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity during USU Museum Week! This exhibit explores the cultural impact Andrew Carnegie’s Diplodocus skeleton had on a global scale. A complete media sensation, casts of this animal can be found in some of the preeminent museums across the world including the French National Museum of Natural History, the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Walk through the bones of the last original cast of Dippy while learning about its impact on science in the media, animation, and even world peace.

Admission to the Prehistoric Museum is always free for USU students, staff and faculty

All Day |
13
Sep

Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity at The Prehistoric Museum

Exhibition

Come down and explore our special exhibit, Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity during USU Museum Week! This exhibit explores the cultural impact Andrew Carnegie’s Diplodocus skeleton had on a global scale. A complete media sensation, casts of this animal can be found in some of the preeminent museums across the world including the French National Museum of Natural History, the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Walk through the bones of the last original cast of Dippy while learning about its impact on science in the media, animation, and even world peace.

Admission to the Prehistoric Museum is always free for USU students, staff and faculty

All Day |
13
Sep

Student Open House and Scavenger Hunt at the Prehistoric Museum

Student Activities | USU Museum Week

As part of USU Museum Week, the Prehistoric Museum invites all students to an exclusive, after-hours open house. Come down and learn about the incredible paleontological and archaeological records preserved here in eastern Utah. There will also be a scavenger hunt for groups or individuals. Each completed scavenger hunt will be entered into a drawing to win one of three prizes from the museum's gift shop.

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
14
Sep

Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity at The Prehistoric Museum

Exhibition

Come down and explore our special exhibit, Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity during USU Museum Week! This exhibit explores the cultural impact Andrew Carnegie’s Diplodocus skeleton had on a global scale. A complete media sensation, casts of this animal can be found in some of the preeminent museums across the world including the French National Museum of Natural History, the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Walk through the bones of the last original cast of Dippy while learning about its impact on science in the media, animation, and even world peace.

Admission to the Prehistoric Museum is always free for USU students, staff and faculty

All Day |
14
Sep

USU Museum Week @ USU Eastern

Special Event

USU Eastern Students, did you know there are lots of great museums and cultural institutions across eastern Utah? Come explore some of them without leaving campus from 11am-2pm at the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center on Thursday, September 14th. Part of USU Museum Week, this event will introduce you to the geology, history, art and people that make our region a unique destination with visitors from around the world.

11:00 am - 2:00 pm | Utah State University Eastern Campus |
15
Sep

Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity at The Prehistoric Museum

Exhibition

Come down and explore our special exhibit, Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity during USU Museum Week! This exhibit explores the cultural impact Andrew Carnegie’s Diplodocus skeleton had on a global scale. A complete media sensation, casts of this animal can be found in some of the preeminent museums across the world including the French National Museum of Natural History, the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Walk through the bones of the last original cast of Dippy while learning about its impact on science in the media, animation, and even world peace.

Admission to the Prehistoric Museum is always free for USU students, staff and faculty

All Day |
15
Sep

Student Tour of the Prehistoric Museum’s Collections

Special Event | USU Museum Week

Did you know there are dinosaur bones housed right here on Eastern’s campus? Join the Prehistoric Museum’s Collection Staff as they take you behind the scenes to see some of the artifacts and fossils we care for. Space is limited so you must pre-register at the link below.


https://forms.gle/DTovDa2Gnvrue9fo7

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Utah State University Eastern Campus |
16
Sep

Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity at The Prehistoric Museum

Exhibition

Come down and explore our special exhibit, Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity during USU Museum Week! This exhibit explores the cultural impact Andrew Carnegie’s Diplodocus skeleton had on a global scale. A complete media sensation, casts of this animal can be found in some of the preeminent museums across the world including the French National Museum of Natural History, the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Walk through the bones of the last original cast of Dippy while learning about its impact on science in the media, animation, and even world peace.

Admission to the Prehistoric Museum is always free for USU students, staff and faculty

All Day |
17
Sep

Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity at The Prehistoric Museum

Exhibition

Come down and explore our special exhibit, Dippy: The World’s Oldest Celebrity during USU Museum Week! This exhibit explores the cultural impact Andrew Carnegie’s Diplodocus skeleton had on a global scale. A complete media sensation, casts of this animal can be found in some of the preeminent museums across the world including the French National Museum of Natural History, the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Walk through the bones of the last original cast of Dippy while learning about its impact on science in the media, animation, and even world peace.

Admission to the Prehistoric Museum is always free for USU students, staff and faculty

All Day |