Docents are experts in the history and science of the fossils on exhibit. One will lead you on a specialized tour of the paleontology galleries. Reservation is required in advance. Give your name, telephone number, and E-mail address, along with the gallery tour date of your choice. Top Allosaurus Skull.
Reservation is required in advance.
Top Dinosaur Hall at the National Museum of Natural History. Photo by Chip Clark. Tuesday, October 10. Fossil Collections and Research Laboratories in the Department of Paleobiology Led by staff of the Department of Paleobiology, participants will visit one of the world's finest research collections of fossils, and observe firsthand the museum preparators while they put together the various elements of specimens for exhibit. Top Preparation and rigging of petrified logs in the Materials Processing Lab, Department of Mineral Sciences.