July Friday Night at the Museum


On Friday, July 16, the Bollinger County Museum will host our First Annual Family Fun Night for all ages. Bring the whole family and enjoy a variety of games, a fossil dig, silent auction, scavenger hunt, a movie-"The Lightening Thief" Percy Jackson & the Olympians, and more. Have fossils you would like to know about? Be sure and bring those along. Mike Fix will be here to identify fossils for the public. The museum will be open form 6-8PM and the program is FREE.

For more information call 573-238-1174 or e-mail bcmnh@sbcglobal.net



       !!!!! Announcing Our Summer Educational Camps!!!!!

June 21-25:  Dinosaurs       Grades 2nd-4th this fall
June 28-July 2: Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils        Grades 4-6
July 19-23: Weather          Grades 5-8
July 26-30: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Etc.         Grades 7-9
August 2-6: Forests of Missouri           Grades 2-3

Pre-registration is required.
Class sizes limited - minimum of 5 students to have camps.

Camps will run from 1 to 4 PM  Monday-Friday

Cost:  $25.00 per child for each 5 day camp.

For more information call 573-238-1174




                FREE!!!            Friday Night at the Museum
                                                     upcoming dates

Jun   18th       Slide show of Lutesville & Marble Hill, MO from early 1800s
Jul    16th       First Annual Missouri Family Fun Night
August            No program due to Trivia Fund Raiser

All programs start at 6:30 p.m. doors open at 6 p.m.  Light refreshements are also served.
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Date to be announced:  Join Bob Hrabik this summer as he shows what you can discover in a creek bed:  Crooked Creek.

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HAVE YOU SEEN??  our full-sized T-Rex skull that is a replica of STAN the most fully articulated skull found to date.  Original skull was found in South Dakota.  Come see why T- Rex was one of the most feared dinosaurs.
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Calling all Teachers,

A trip to the museum makes a wonderful field trip while also meeting curriculum standards.  Talk with our tour educators about which standards you want to meet and we'll even arrange special programming if possible.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!   The museum is sponsoring a Trivia Night on August 14th.  Doors will open at 5 p.m. with a chili taste off and light refreshments.  Trivia starts at 6 p.m.  sign up a team of 5 - 6 at $10 per person.  For any questions, call 573-238-1174.