The Present is Key to the Past: Where Historic Legacy Data & Collections Meet New Science, 23 August | AllEvents

The Present is Key to the Past: Where Historic Legacy Data & Collections Meet New Science

Lost City Museum

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Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 01:00 am

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Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 01:00 am to 02:30 am (PDT)

Lost City Museum

721 S Moapa Valley Blvd, Overton, NV 89040-9130, United States

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The Present is Key to the Past: Where Historic Legacy Data & Collections Meet New Science
This event (which was originally scheduled for July 19) has been postponed and will now be on August 23.

Part of the Lost City Museum’s 2025 Lecture Series:

For over 100 years, scientific investigation has revealed stories of our past at Tule Springs Fossil Beds. Stories of desert wetlands, extinction, adaptation, and survival have been interpreted from the rock, fossil, and archeological records of the Tule Springs area; But how have those stories evolved with us? Behind the scenes, we have developed methods to redocument and reinvestigate historic excavation sites and legacy paleontological collections and archives. These efforts to investigate historic data and collections help inform contemporary science, resource management, and interpretation. Collecting and preserving the history of science at Tule Springs illustrates how science can evolve over time and reframe our past with new perspectives and technology.

Bio: Lauren Parry is a paleontologist and Park Ranger at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in the upper Las Vegas Wash, Nevada. Throughout her career and schooling, she has conducted fieldwork on Nevada's public lands, managed fossil museum collections, researched the lives of extinct mammoths, and is now helping to build a new fossil park from the ground up. Lauren earned her doctorate in paleontology from UNLV in 2020 and enjoys using her background and expertise to collaborate with other scientists, artists, educators, and planners. Learning is her passion, and Lauren hopes to connect the community to park science and place-based history.

Event is free with admission to museum.
Adults - $8.00, free for members and children 17 and younger.


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The Present is Key to the Past: Where Historic Legacy Data & Collections Meet New Science, 23 August | AllEvents
The Present is Key to the Past: Where Historic Legacy Data & Collections Meet New Science
Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 01:00 am