Meetings
Open to Members and First Time Visitors!
🗺️ Exposition Park Constituent Service & Training Center @ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
🚗 Parking is available for $15.00 at the Blue Visitor Parking Structure
🚄The Expo stops close by at Vermont Avenue
🚌 There are several Metro bus stops very close by at Exposition and Watt
🕝 Meetings start at 2:30pmPT unless otherwise noted.
🟢 In-person meetings are also streamed on Zoom for Member's convenience
Upcoming Meetings
December 3, 2023
Presenting:
Holiday Party-Silent Auction, Pot-luck, and Gift Exchange
(No Lecture This Meeting)
Come experience a fun time: Members get to know each other, share our favorite dishes, bid on fabulous fossils, wear your favorite paleo swag, and (optionally) exchange gifts!
This Meeting:
Silent Auction: Participation is for members only, but we welcome new sign ups! The yearly silent auction features many unique fossils and paleontological items. There's no shouting at this auction, only writing! Our treasurer can accept cash or Zelle/Venmo/PayPal payments.
Paleontology Outfit Competition (OPTIONAL): If you've got some paleo swag, wear it and maybe you'll win a small prize! Graphic tees, belt buckles, necklaces--show off your fossilized fandom!
Gift Exchange (OPTIONAL): If you would like to participate in the gift exchange please bring a wrapped present under $20 in value and prepare yourself for fun!
January 7, 2024
Presenting:
New Trilobite Collections from the Cambrian Tonto Group of the Grand Canyon
Dr. John Foster
John Foster, PhD is Curator of Collections at the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum.
This Meeting:
Don't forget to bring your cash to participate in our opportunity drawing to win fossils!
February 4, 2024
Presenting:
Back to School: Recent Paleontological Discoveries in San Pedro
Dr. Wayne Bischoff, Dr. Austin Hendy
Dr. Wayne Bischoff is director of Cultural Resources for Envicom Corporation. He manages archaeological and paleontological projects for commercial, residential, and government development projects. Dr. Austin Hendy is Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at NHM. He is an author of many scientific papers, and has conducted research in many parts of the world, but especially in tropical South America.
This Meeting:
They will be here in-person, so please join us!
Don't forget to bring your cash to participate in our opportunity drawing to win fossils!
March 3, 2024
Presenting:
TBA
Juliet Hook
Collections Manager for Invertebrate Paleontology, NHM
This Meeting:
She will be here in person, so please come and join us!
Don't forget to bring your cash to participate in our opportunity drawing to win fossils!
April 7, 2024
Presenting:
Alternating Macroevolutionary Regimes: Do Mass Extinction Alter the Rules of Evolution?
Pedro Monarrez, PhD
Invertebrate Paleontologist/Paleobiologist in Geology. Dr. Monarrez is an instructor in the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences at UCLA.
This Meeting:
Join us for an in-person lecture!
Don't forget to bring your cash to participate in our opportunity drawing to win fossils!