# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Fossil Fest
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: We invite you to our annual celebration of all things paleontology! Meet paleontologists, artists, and fossil-lovers from all over Southern California. Learn about the latest discoveries from real-life paleontologists. Get a sneak peek into our new collections space. And for our junior paleontologists, find out what it takes to become a paleontologist with our “Path of the Paleontologist” quest activity! Join us at Fossil Fest 2026 for all this and more!

Event Information: https://www.alfmuseum.org/events/fossilfest2026/


Event Hours
10am – 4pm, last entry 3:30pm


Schedule:
11:30am - Special Presentation: Heather McCandless
1:00pm - Fossil Lab Demo
2:00pm - Special Presentation: Dr. Zachary Morris


Exhibitors: 
– Western Science Center
– Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
– UC Riverside Earth and Planetary Sciences
– UCLA Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
– Western University of Health Sciences


Special Guest Speakers:
- Dr. Zachary Morris, NHMLA: "Wake Up Dead Dino! or how a tiny throat bone revealed Nanotyrannus wasn't just a teenage T. rex"

-Heather McCandless, UC Riverside: "The fossil record of Earth’s first animals discovered from the Australian Outback"


Admission: 
Fossil Fest programming and Activities included with regular museum admission.
General: $12
Youth, Senior, Student: $9
Free for kids 4 and under, California teachers (w/ID), and Museums of All members (w/ID).
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/claremont/fossil-fest/200029458867639
- **Event Categories**: festivals, kids, health-wellness, it, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 461

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029458867639?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=claremont-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Claremont
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1175 West Baseline Road, Claremont, CA, United States, California 91711
- **lat**: 34.12176
- **long**: -117.73845
- **full address**: 1175 West Baseline Road, Claremont, CA, United States, California 91711

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology (https://allevents.in/org/raymond-m-alf-museum-of-paleontology/14338047)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1175 West Baseline Road, Claremont, CA, United States, California 91711
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, kids, health-wellness, it, art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Fossil Fest ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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