Meetings
Meetings Are Open to Members and First Time Visitors!
📍 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Exposition Park Constituent Service & Training Center
🚗 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
🟢 In-person meetings are also streamed on Zoom for Member's convenience
Upcoming Meetings
June 4, 2023
Presenting:
Annual Science Fair Winners Present & Tour Behind The Scenes at the Natural History Museum
Students
Every year the So Cal Paleo Society awards three middle school and three high school science fair projects an award for their excellent paleo/geological-related research. The six winners of the 2023 science fair are invited to present their results this Sunday.
This Meeting:
After the presentations, we will join Beau Campbell, Senior Paleontological Preparator, Dino Institute, for a behind the scenes tour of the 4th floor Dino Lab at the Natural History Museum!
July 9, 2023
Presenting:
New Trilobite Collections from the Cambrian Tonto Group of the Grand Canyon
John Foster, PhD
John Foster, PhD is Curator of Collections at the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum.
This Meeting:
Please arrive at 12-12:30 PM if you want to donate fossils for the auction. The lecture will begin at 1:00-2:30 PM and will be immediately followed by our Live Auction. The meeting will end at 3:30PM PST to accommodate a request by the Natural History Museum.
Live Auction - SoCalPaleo will be having our mid-year first-ever Live Auction during this meeting! Bring cash if you would like to participate.
August 6, 2023
Presenting:
August - No Meeting
This Meeting:
The SoCalPaleo Society does not normally meet during August.
September 10, 2023
Presenting:
TBA
George Blasing
George Blasing, AKA Dinosaur George, is a public speaker, author, television writer, and tv personality. In 2007, he co-created, wrote and hosted a 12-part tv series for the History Channel called "Jurassic Fight Club."
This Meeting:
Don't forget to bring cash to participate in our opportunity drawing to win fossils!