December 16, 2016

Fossilizing the Footsteps of Dinosaurs

December 16, 2016/ Bruce Science

If you visit our newest science exhibit, Last Days of Pangea: In the Footsteps of Dinosaurs, you’ll see an amazing array of fossilized footprints displayed. These footprints come in all sizes: Some as small as a fingernail, some longer than the length of my forearm. Some are hazy and indistinct, clearly having weathered the forces of time and erosion. Others look like they could have been made yesterday. It’s much easier to imagine a tough and solid bone surviving millions of years than a single delicate footprint laid down in soft mud. How is it that these footprints made it from the Triassic to now? It takes just the right set of conditions.

November 21, 2016

The First Days of Last Days of Pangea

November 21, 2016/ Bruce Science

The last days of Pangea were filled with wonder, with death, and then with renewal. This is the story captured in our exhibit. In August, we checked in on the construction of Postosuchus for our new exhibit, Last Days of Pangea: In the Footsteps of the Dinosaurs. Now that the exhibit is open, it's time to dig a little deeper into how exhibits come together here at the Bruce.

September 09, 2016

Getting Positive about Glass Negatives

September 09, 2016/ Bruce Science

Interns are a very important part of the Bruce Museum and we've been lucky to have some great interns working with us in the science department. Today we'd like to introduce you to Kaitlyn Standfest, who took us on a journey back through Bruce Museum history with her restoration of antique glass negatives.

August 25, 2016

Bruce Interns Rock!

August 25, 2016/ Bruce Science

We've been lucky enough to have some great intern talent here at the Bruce this summer. Come meet one of our science interns, and take a look at what she was working on!

August 23, 2016

An Ancient Reptile is Reborn

August 23, 2016/ Bruce Science

In the Triassic Period, Connecticut was home to all sorts of giant reptiles. Now, one of those reptiles is making the Bruce Museum its home. It will be the star of our upcoming exhibit: Last Days of Pangaea. But first? We have to put it together!

May 06, 2016

Prepare to Be Shocked at the Bruce

May 06, 2016/ Bruce Science

You may be shocked to hear that Secrets of Fossil Lake has closed, but don't let that dim your bulb. An electrifying new exhibit is coming, one sure to spark your interest. Prepare your mental circuits for a higher level of voltage from Electricity, opening on May 14!

April 04, 2016

Pelagornis Takes Flight at the Bruce

April 04, 2016/ Bruce Science

Pelagornis flies once more in the entrance of the Bruce Museum! It is no easy feat to wrangle the largest flying bird ever, even when it's only bones.

December 09, 2015

How to Prepare a Phareodus

December 09, 2015/ Bruce Science

A 52 million year old fish fossil, a large predatory fish, Phareodus encaustis from the Green River Formation, was excavated in a Wyoming quarry and brought back to the Field Museum for fossil preparation in 2015. This fossil would eventually end up as a centerpiece of the Bruce Museum's Secrets of Fossil Lake exhibition, but first it needed to be prepared!