Calendar of Events


09/28/2009 - 11/01/2011
Location: Utah Field House of Natural History

The Utah Field House of Narural History State Park Museum in partnership with Dinosaur National Monument will display exhibts from the closed dinosaur quarry near Jensen Utah.  The exhibit consists of four dinosaur casts: a nearly complete juvenile Camarasaurus, Allosaurus fragilis, a poossible new Allosaurus species, and a partial baby Stegosaurus. According to dr.

11/27/2009
Location: Utah Field House of Natural History

Please join the holiday carolers for a celebration of the holidays through music and song. The event is from 3:45-4:30 PM in the museum's main lobby.

12/16/2009
Location: Utah Field House of Natural History

Join Heather Finlayson, Curator, for a behind the scenes tour of our paleontology laboratory. This is a wonderful opportunity to view areas of the museum not normally open to the public. The tour will cover how to prepare fossils, and include a demonstration of the tools and techniques for cleaning and conserving fossils. Participation is limited so please call Heather at 435-789-3799 to reserve a spot. The tour will start at 7:00 PM and will be at at old facility, 235 E. Main.

01/21/2010
Location: Utah Field House of Natural History

Join Dr. Nicholas Allmendinger, Hydrologist at Utah State University, Uinta Basin Campus, for a lecture on Vegetation and Urban Watersheds, 7:00 PM, 496 E. Main, Vernal

02/11/2010
Location: Utah Field House of Natural History

Join Dr. Paul Murphey, Paleontologist at teh Sadn Diego Museum of Natural History and SWCA , for a lecture on fossil mammals, 7:00 PM, 496 E. Main, Vernal

03/18/2010
Location: Utah Field House of Natural History

Join Dr. Andrew Milner, Paleontologist for the city of St. George, for a lecture on The St. George Dinosaur Track-way site, 7:00 PM, 496 E. Main, Vernal

04/15/2010
Location: Utah Field House of Natural History

Join Dr. Kenneth Carpenter, Vertebrate Paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, for a lecture on on how to fossilize a dinosaur, 7:00 PM, 496 E. Main, Vernal

06/17/2010
Location: Utah Field House of Natural History

Join Dr. Michelle Knoll, Assistant Curator of Archaeology at the University of Utah for a lecture on the Fremont culture, 7:00 PM, 496 E. Main, Vernal

06/17/2010
Location: Utah Field House of Natural History

Join Dr. Michelle Knoll, Assistant Curator of Archaeology at the University of Utah for a lecture on the Fremont culture, 7:00 PM, 496 E. Main, Vernal

07/15/2010
Location: Utah Field House of Natural History

Join Dr. Mitchell Power, Assitant Professor of Geography at the University of Utah for a lecture on Challenges to living in Prehistoric America, 7:00 PM, 496 E. Main, Vernal

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