This summer is still swinging (17 straight days of 100+ temps make that fact hard to forget) – but we’re already looking forward to summer 2012!
Why? Because that’s when our new paleontology hall opens!
To get ready, we previewed the new hall this summer with a series of member events – each one featured a different dinosaur that will take up residence in the new wing next year.
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| Associate Curator of Paleontology David Temple shows an HMNS volunteer around our 10-foot Megalodon jaw on display to celebrate Shark Week! The jaw will be part of the new Paleontology Hall, opening Summer 2012! |
![Prehistoric Monsters: Mosasaur! [July 16, 2011]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/5950764708_13f83361b6.jpg) |
| Members who attended our Prehistoric Monsters series of events this summer had the opportunity to talk dinosaurs with our curator of Paleontology, Dr. Bob Bakker! |
![Prehistoric Monsters: Mosasaur! [July 16, 2011]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5950205205_6d6fc2b416.jpg) |
| Meet the Mosasaur! This prehistoric sea monster will be on display in the new paleontology hall! |
![Prehistoric Monsters: Quetzalcoatlus [6.11]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3570/5834275238_0f98f0d4bd.jpg) |
| Kids dig for – and identify! – fossils! |
We want to say a huge THANK YOU to all our new and existing members who joined or renewed this summer – your support is vital to our expansion project, and will enrich science education in the Houston community for decades to come.
If you visited our photo booth during one of our Prehistoric Monster events, find your photos here!
If you’re not yet a member – what are you waiting for?
Members will be the very first to experience the new paleontology hall when it opens next year – and if you join or renew now, you’ll get 3 additional months of membership free! Plus, there are still several great summer member events coming up!