| Details | Raise a glass to the giant marine reptiles who once ruled Angola before our “Sea Monsters Unearthed” exhibit closes! Join us after hours for an evening of sipping, digging, crafting and chatting about female fossil hunters, mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs, and more…asaurs. This is a 21+ event. Your $25 ticket includes: - Sample a “French 75 million years ago” signature cocktail and a glass of wine
- Talk to paleontologists Hans Sues (National Museum of Natural History) and Projecto PaleoAngola co-lead Louis Jacobs (Southern Methodist University)
- Dig for fossils and talk to fossil preparator Steve Jabo (National Museum of Natural History)
- Measure up to a mosasaur and add to a collaborative prehistoric ocean ecosystem mural to learn about Angola’s ancient sea monsters
- Bookmark Remarkable Creatures; chat with fossil preparator Myria Perez (National Museum of Natural History) and DC Public Library about this stunning historical novel by New York Times bestselling novelist Tracy Chevalier that follows the story of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot, two extraordinary 19th century fossil hunters who changed the scientific world forever
About the exhibit: After the South Atlantic Ocean basin formed 120 million years ago, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs and sea turtles moved in and thrived along Africa’s southwest coast. Projecto PaleoAngola scientists have uncovered fossils of these real-life sea monsters, shedding light on this period in Earth’s history—and on ocean ecosystems today. The Sea Monsters Unearthed exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History allows visitors to explore modern Angola’s fossil-filled cliffs, dive into Cretaceous Angola’s cool coastal waters, and learn about the evolutionary, geological, and environmental forces that shaped life in the ocean then and now. |
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