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The Orton Geological Museum is proud to announce that it now participates in the Museums for All initiative, sponsored by the Institute of Museums and Library Services.

Columbus, Ohio, is…

On Saturday, April 22, 2023, Dale Gnidovec will join with ODNR paleontologist Mark Peter to lead a public tour of the fossils exposed in the Devonian-age Columbus Limestone in the Ohio Statehouse…

Grace Ann Stewart was a pioneering Ohio State scientist. She was the first Canadian woman to earn a Ph.D. in the geosciences. When she arrived at Ohio State in 1923, she became one of the first…

February is Black History Month, and this month we are highlighting the life of Washington Townsend, a man who escaped from slavery in Tennessee in 1860. He joined The Ohio State University as the…