The Rice Northwest Rock and Mineral Museum hosts a wide variety of events, festivals, workshops, and classes at the museum.
This is an archive of events and activities at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals.
Wednesday January 21 is an unofficial holiday, #MuseumSelfie Day. This event is a fun and lighthearted way to celebrate your favorite museum, which of course is the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals. Visit the Rice NW Museum Wednesday and take a selfie with your favorite rock, fossil, gem, museum sign, exhibit case, or […]
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Thousands of people attended the Denver Gem & Mineral Show held the second weekend in September each year in Denver, Colorado. The theme of this year’s show was near and dear to the heart of the Rice NW Museum and Oregonian rockhounds: Agate. Agates are found in many places in Oregon and are well represented
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The Rice Museum would like to welcome the Northwest chapter of the Fluorescent Mineral Society to our facility for their annual meeting. In honor of their meeting, we have improved our own fluorescent display in the Rainbow Gallery by replacing lights and filters to make our fluorescents truly shine. Come by to see the improvement.
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Join us for the 11th Annual 2014 Summer Festival on Saturday and Sunday, August 2-3, 2014, 10AM to 5PM, at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals. Sponsored by OMSI, the weekend event includes vendors with minerals, fossils, jewelry, and beads, gold panning, lapidary demonstrations, geode cutting, and a variety of activities for the
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August 10, 11, and 12, 2014, will be Walt Wright’s Petrified Wood Seminar at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, hosted by the North American Research Group (NARG Paleo). Walt Wright is a leading expert in petrified wood. His popular seminar will be held in conjunction with the NARG Northwest Fossil Fest on
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The Northwest Fossil Fest hosted by North American Research Group (NARG) will be at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals Saturday, August 9, 2014. The Theme for the 9th Annual Northwest Fossil Fest is Petrified Wood. The event is free for families to learn about fossils, fossil collecting, preparation, identification, and display. The
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