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  1. Indoor cold weather fun: bring your kids to the Colburn Earth Science Museum tomorrow, Sat.,10/17, for handson science activity fun! #avlcal
  2. Drop by the Colburn Earth Science Museum on Sat., 11 - 3 for fun kids activities celebrating Earth Science Week! #avlcal
  3. Don't forget: 5:30 - 8 tonight, party at the Colburn! Hear about our partnership w/ Grove Stone & Sand, catch a sneak peek of the fossils!
  4. Look for the fossils exhibit to open this fall!
  5. Fossils from the Gray Fossil Site in TN are being unloaded now. Watching a prehistoric rhino skull wheel by in a plastic bin is awesome.
  6. $5 Geology Walk of Downtown today! Leaves from the Colburn, lower level of Pack Place, at 2 pm. Cost includes museum admission. #mxcal
  7. Geology Walks of Downtown will now take place on the second Thursday of each month from 2 - 4, starting Aug. 13. Educational fun! #mxcal
  8. It's First Wednesday and that means FREE admission to the Colburn Earth Science Museum - & all Pack Place museums - from now to 5! #mxnow
  9. Welcome to the Colburn. It's all on level, makes a loop around & the screaming children will be confined to a classroom very soon indeed.
  10. Just cracked 5 geodes in a row - all from Chihuahua, Mexico. Each one was completely different. Always fascinating
  11. Colburn is looking for Bele Chere volunteers! Sit in shady tent, crack geodes, sell rocks, enjoy & help the museum. Call 254-7162.
  12. Overheard at the museum this morning: "Hey, can I use your Tyrannosaurus tooth for this presentation?" "Sure, I think it's in my office."
  13. Check out WLOS news tonight at 5 and 6 to see Colburn summer campers digging for fossils!
  14. Gem Fest Pictures! http://www.flickr.com/photo... Open until 6 today, 5 tomorrow, come on down!
  15. Gem Fest is going on NOW & thru Sun! Downtown Asheville at Pack Place, free admission, 22 vendors, kids activities, silent auction & more!
  16. Please help keep the Colburn, an Asheville institution since 1960, going with a donation to our silent auction this weekend. Call for info!
  17. Special Museum Hours This Week: Today, 10 - 5, Wed., 10 - 1, Thurs, Closed, Fri & Sat, 10 - 6 & Sun 11 - 5. Join us for GEMFEST!
  18. One week out from Gem Fest 2009! Next weekend, enjoy free admission, 2 full floors of jewelry, gems, minerals, kids activities & more!
  19. Learn about the new Asheville Climate Initiative tonight at DIana Wortham Theatre, 7 pm, free panel discussion! #mxnow
  20. And Ron Birk, Director, Civil Space Mission Integration - Northrop Grumman Space Technology. All speaking at Pack Place, Monday, 7 pm, free!