Lafayette Science Museum visitors can soon get a behind-the-scenes look at a working geology lab.
Starting in the summer of 2014, they’ll be able to watch UL Lafayette faculty and students process specimens for display.
The University’s 50-year-old collection of fossils, rocks and minerals will be relocated from campus to the nearby Jefferson Street museum.
Dr. David Borrok, director of the School of Geosciences, said the move will extend the University’s footprint into downtown Lafayette and provide a “stronger link to the community.”
The collection will include some fossils obtained by two faculty members and seven students at Oregon’s Fossil Lake, a well-known Ice Age collection site, this past summer.
The team collected more than 5,000 fossils, including those of birds, fish, horses and camels.