March 16: 'Tales from the Underground
Mineralogical Museum to host curator's talk titled 'Tales from the Underground'
8:37 a.m., March 8, 2016--Sharon Fitzgerald will present a Curator’s Talk titled “Tales from the Underground” on Wednesday, March 16, at the Mineralogical Museum in Penny Hall.
The talk and reception will be held from 5-7 p.m.
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Fitzgerald, who is the Mineralogical Museum curator, will discuss some of the newly discovered history of the collection, as well as recent acquisitions on display this semester.
Due to Fitzgerald’s work researching the mineral collection’s history and refining the permanent display, UD’s Mineralogical Museum was recently named one of the “30 Most Amazing Higher Ed Natural History Museums.”