SUGGESTED TOUR 

 OF MUSEUM EXHIBITS 



I. EARTH SCIENCE OR GEOLOGY 



Hall of Geology 



Exhibits concerning the earth itself are limited 

 largely to information about the earth's crust and 

 the ancient life forms that are contained in it. These 

 exhibits are presented in the Hall of Geology at the 

 west entrance to the Museum, in the displays of 

 fluorescent and radioactive minerals found just off 

 the Main Hall next to the west corridor and in a 

 display on the formation of fossils in the center of 

 the Main Hall. 



1. BEAUTIFUL FUNERALS. The most spectacu- 

 lar exhibit in the Geology Room, Beautiful Minerals, 

 show^s noteworthy specimens of the most striking 

 forms of minerals from all parts of the world. 



2. GEOLOGIC COLUjVIN. In a corner of the room 

 stands a column of rocks characteristic of each era 

 and period in the development of the earth from the 

 Archean at the base to the Cenozoic at the top. At 

 one side is a chart indicating the development of life 

 during the time represented by the column. 



3. ILLINOIS IMINERAL PRODUCTS. An exhibit 

 of the principal minerals mined in Illinois and their 

 distribution by counties. 



4. MAJVIMOTH AND MASTODON. Fossil remains 

 of the mammoth and mastodon, large prehistoric 

 elephants that once roamed in Illinois. 



5. SEA LILIES. A display of Crinoids, an interest- 

 ing form of sea life which has existed continuously 

 from 450 million years ago to the present time in the 

 oceans of the world. Small fossil plates and segments 



