There are many ways to be involved with the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery! We appreciate all of the donors, volunteers, and students who keep our doors open and support our scientific and educational mission.
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The Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery is one of the primary platforms for outreach and K-12 education within the College. Every year, we host dozens of K-12 visits from regional school districts and work closely with educators to engage students in the Earth and Mineral sciences. If you would like to arrange a class or group visit, please contact museum@ems.psu.edu.
We also facilitate outreach efforts of the student-led Museum Advisory Network for Learning Engagement (MANTLE). This active group of engaged students comes from a variety of disciplines to organize and implement outreach and professional development events.
Every semester, we host student interns in our collections. Intern projects are tailored to the skills and knowledge that a student hopes to gain over the course of a semester.
Exhibitions incorportating the diverse collections of the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery and thematically linked by the history of earth and material sciences.
The Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery curates almost 20,000 objects related to the history of EMS research at Penn State University. These collections include earth materials, scientific instrumentation, and an extensive collection of fine art with industrial themes. We also house materials that are important to the industrial and geological history of the state. These collections are used to drive research, to train future scientist in the EMS disciplines, and to communicate our science to visitors.
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.
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Our Mission
The mission of the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery is to serve the college, University, and broader community as an informed educational and technical resource for science, art, and history of the earth and mineral sciences through the preservation, utilization, and promotion of our diverse collections.
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The paintings and prints of the Steidle Collection capture the power and beauty of industry. The images, potent reminders of earlier vigorous industrial development in America, are a visual record connecting fine arts, industry, and education before World War II. Established and expanded by Edward Steidle during his tenure at The Pennsylvania State University, the collection, with its unique focus on the mineral industries, is one of the most comprehensive assemblages of American industrial art. The Steidle Collection is preserved and exhibited by the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery.
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