'Women’s Work' exhibit opens in the EMS Museum & Art Gallery
Steel towns. Mines. Factories. Places like these, once the lifeblood of the industrial economy in Pennsylvania, have since become artifacts of our state's history.
EMS museum extends hours for football games, offers new exhibits
The Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Museum and Art Gallery on the ground floor of Deike Building at University Park will extend its hours to be open prior to Penn State home football games.
Power Ranking Penn State’s Museums
Onward State ranked museums on the University Park campus and gave the EMS Earth and Mineral Musuem the top ranking.
The next generation: Students learn about opportunities for women in geosciences
Dozens of middle and high school students from across Pennsylvania recently spent a day at the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery at Penn State learning about women in geosciences.
Gallery: The Bearded Lady Project
Middle and high school students recently toured the Bearded Lady Project exhibit in the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery. View gallery.
'Eclectic Collections' exhibit features mix of Penn State museum offerings
Penn State’s University Museum Consortium is hosting a public reception to celebrate "Eclectic Collections," a collaborative exhibit between University museums and galleries.
Exhibition showcases 'Rocks, Minerals and the History of Art' Oct. 1-6
An exhibition in the Borland Project Space, 125 Borland Building, on Oct. 1-6 will showcase the research and materials for a new course that investigates a select group of rocks and minerals used in the production of art between the Prehistoric Era and Early Modern period.
EMS Museum and Art Gallery extends hours for Ohio State, other football games
The Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery on the ground floor of the Deike Building at University Park will extend its hours to be open prior to Penn State home football games.
What Small Museums Need (& Don’t)
Over the course of 2016, ten small museums participated in an AAM pilot project called the Small Museum Accreditation Academy. The Academy, which was developed through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, was designed to help those museums strengthen their culture of excellence and be poised to apply for accreditation.
Minerals Junior Education Day set for April 1
Students can get cool rocks, minerals and fossils and learn more about nature at the annual Minerals Junior Education Day. The educational program is designed to encourage the interest of students in grades one through eight in the earth sciences.