$73M dinosaur fossil park and museum coming to New Jersey [View all]
An event that was 66 million years in the making took place over the weekend near Rowan University.
The Gloucester County school broke ground on a $73 million dinosaur fossil park museum on the site of a prehistoric treasure trove of relics just a few miles from its campus in Glassboro.
The 44,000-square-foot facility in Mantua Township will perch above a former marl quarry where 66 million-year-old marine and terrestrial fossils have been found.
“We are building a museum like no other, on a fossil site of global importance that will connect visitors to the ancient past...and to Rowan University,” Kenneth Lacovara, dean of the school of Earth & Environment and director of the Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park, said in a statement.
Read more: https://www.nj.com/education/2021/10/73m-dinosaur-fossil-park-and-museum-coming-to-nj.html
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