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Specialist Tour: Treasures from the Geology Collection at GMRC

Explore fossil plants and trees from Glasgow's primeval equatorial rainforest and marvel at an amazing collection of glow-in-the-dark rocks and minerals.

Specialist Tour: Treasures from the Geology Collection at GMRC

About Specialist Tour: Treasures from the Geology Collection at GMRC

Come face to face with a large iron meteorite from the early days of the solar system, be dazzled by a giant amethyst geode that formed when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, explore fossil plants and trees from Glasgow's primeval equatorial rainforest and marvel at an amazing collection of glow-in-the-dark rocks and minerals.

2.30-3.30pm
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre

FREE but limited to 15 spaces. Book your place by emailing glmuseumsadminbookingshub@glasgowlife.org.uk with the name and date of the tour your would like to attend.

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