::Bollinger County Museum of Natural History::

New Equipment for the Lab

Thanks to the grant from SBC, the lab now has an air abrasive tool that will be used to clean many types of fossils. The air abrasive tool is basically a micro sand blaster unit capable of removing delicate fossils from solid rock.

We also received a digital microscope that will be used to find tiny microscopic fossils in the sediments from the dinosaur site. Previous searches have revealed the bones and teeth of amphibians and fish that were previously unknown from the site.

Museum Lab Operational

A milestone was reached for the BCMNH when our lab was used for the first time to clean the bones of the Missouri Dinosaur. Here crew member Mike Fix removes bits of clay from dinosaur bones recently found at the Chronister Site.

New ADA Entry

The Museum has a new entry that provides an ADA compliant, street level entrance with the additional benefit of double doors which make it much easier to bring large exhibit pieces into the building. Interior finishing is in progress on the new exhibit area just inside the doors.

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Bollinger County Museum of Natural History
207 Mayfield Drive • Marble Hill, Missouri 63764 • 573.238.1174