Dino Day 2004

Held each year at the The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Dino Day is both a fun day for the entire family and an important fund raiser for the Burke Museum.

The Northwest Paleontological Association (NPA) plays an important Dino Day support role by providing

1. volunteers for displays, exhibits, activities
2. fossil exhibits
3. expertise for answering .fossil questions.

All photographs courtesy of Peg Johnson

Bill Smith (standing) talks with Dino Day visitors about his fossils.

Fossil case and exhibit displayed by Gary and Donna Burgess.

An example of the fossil exhibits presented by NPA members during Dino Day.  This dinosaur footprint is from the Connecticut Valley (Triassic-Jurassic boundary.).

Cary Easterday (standing), NPA's 2004 Vice President, admiring David Morgan's trilobite collection.

Dan Palmiter (back to camera), NPA's 2004 President, shows fossils to the public.  As you can see, a wide range of age groups participate at Dino Day..

NPA members Bill Smith and Casey Burns show off their impressive fossil displays.