Lora Robins Gallery Grand Re-Opening Celebration
Thursday, August 28
Noon to 6:00 pm

Explore the University of Richmond’s newly redesigned and renovated natural sciences museum. Initially founded in 1977, the Gallery holds over 100,000 pieces ranging from Jurassic dinosaur fossils to rare gems, minerals, prehistoric shells, coral, fluorescent rocks, and coins. The new installation will draw on the strengths of the permanent collection to showcase hundreds of minerals, rocks, fossils, and coins. For the first time, the Lora Robins Gallery will feature established curatorial spaces for faculty and student-led rotating exhibitions. In addition to our new exhibitions, a new classroom space will make thousands of objects in the permanent collection more accessible for teaching and learning.

Noon    
Tour of natural sciences collection with Matthew Houle, Curator of Collections

1:00 pm
Tour of ancient coin collection with David Hershey, Collections Manager

2:00 pm     
Spotlight on fossils with David Hutchison, fossil collector and donor; and Matthew Houle, Curator of Collections

3:00 pm     
Tour of Virginia rocks and minerals with museum staff

4 to 6:00 pm  
Lora Robins Gallery Reception

4:00 pm     
Tour of ancient coin collection with David Hershey, Collections Manager

4:30 pm
Faculty and K-12 teacher resources with Heather Campbell, Programs Curator, and Martha Wright, Academic Curator           

5:00 pm     
Tour of natural sciences collection with Matthew Houle, Curator of Collections

5:30 pm
Faculty and K-12 teacher resources with Heather Campbell, Programs Curator, and Martha Wright, Academic Curator