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Volunteer at the NMNH
Join a team of volunteers that help out with special projects and events! If you would like to be a museum volunteer, fill out our form below and email it to info@naranjomuseum.org or come into the ...
More »Have a Birthday Party at the Naranjo Museum!
Have your next DINOMITE party by renting the Naranjo Museum Party Room! Your party room rental comes with a full day use of the room, tables and chairs. Museum admission for up to 30 guests is also ...
More »Archaeopteryx
New Archaeopteryx, Naranjo Museum of Natural History Walk by the new archaeopteryx exhibit and you can hear what they might have sounded like in the late Jurassic. Archaeopteryx, genus&nbs ...
More »Precambrian Eon
The Naranjo Museum has on display one of the best collections of Precambrian fossils. The Precambrian period experienced a harsh environment. The oxygen levels were extremely low and the landscape ...
More »Becoming a Fossil
Becoming a fossil is harder than it seems. Conditions have to be just right for a fossil to be preserved. When a dinosaur died, sediment would quickly cover the body to protect it from scavengers a ...
More »Radiometric Dating and Cretaceous North America, Dig Pit
Radiometric dating is a process used to date rocks and fossils after they are found. Willard F. Libby was one of the first men to understand and discover this process. He won the Nobel Prize in 1960 f ...
More »Become a Member
Becoming a member to the Naranjo Museum is a great way to save on museum admission and support the museum mission. Click the following file to view membership benefits and forms: Membership-Inf ...
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