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Cal Day at UCMP

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Each April, the UC Berkeley campus opens its doors to to thousands of visitors who enjoy hands-on activities, lectures, and much more. UCMP participates by offering a variety of activities for paleontology buffs of all ages.

Dates are posted in advance on the official Cal Day website, and on UCMP's Public programs at UCMP page.

These pictures of some of UCMP's past Cal Day activities should whet your appetite for our next Cal Day open house!

A boy examines microfossils with a microscope Grad student showing visitors fossil plants Youngster admiring T. rex
From left: a young scientist uses a microscope to search for Cretaceous microfossils; a graduate student shows visitors some cool fossil plants; a youngster and Tyrannosaurus see eye to eye.
 

Read about past UCMP Cal Day events in UCMP News, our online newsletter:

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