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The Museum remains closed to deal with the mess of our recent flood and to make planned updates and changes. Saturday, May 1 is our target reopening date and we hope to return to hosting tours and on-site events this Summer. You will experience a new Rice Museum with new flooring, new cases, a new gallery layout on the main …

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Canceled-Rock Garage Sale Hello Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals Supporters, With the care and safety of our supporters in mind and with great sadness we will be cancelling the February Rock Garage Sale Event due to the impending winter weather conditions expected in our area. We will be issuing refunds to ticket holders through …

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Dear Friend, I am writing to you at a time of great need for the Rice Museum. It is no secret that this is a challenging moment for nonprofits. Today, we turn to you, our community, for the strength and support to endure. The Rice Museum Board of Directors has come together to offer an …

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Join us on Wednesday, October 14 for a live on-line discussion with local amateur paleontologist Greg Carr. Carr is a long-time volunteer with the Rice Museum and a member of the North American Research Group (NARG), a club of amateur paleontologists who scour sedimentary rocks across the western U.S. for fossil remains. A fossil preparation expert, Carr …

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Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals is excited to offer limited capacity programs to expand access to our educational tours for those participating in distance learning and smaller educational programs this school year. These tours will hit all of the same Next Generation Science Standards that our typical school tours fulfill, and be lead …

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Make your reservations now to experience our newest exhibit in the Master Gallery – The Mineral Adventures of Bruce Carter. It’s a two-case extravaganza of mineral beauty, with several notable specimens hailed by experts as tops in the world. Schedule your reservation here Bruce has been a life-long mineral collector. Growing up in New Jersey and Connecticut, …

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Summerfest Postponed to 2021 The Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals has reluctantly decided to cancel the 2020 SummerFest. We did not take this decision lightly, but circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic we felt this was the safest course of action. We determined that the potential health risks to our employees, volunteers, members, vendors and visitors …

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Good news! During the time of COVID-19 we are now able to take appointments to visit the museum gift shop. We hope to open the museum galleries in the near future. Thank you for choosing to support the Rice Museum! Our Museum Store offers a wide variety of rocks, minerals, fluorescent minerals, thunder eggs, petrified wood, …

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