Discover Arizona Where Children Can Explore Real Meteorites And Ancient Fossils Without Paying Admission

A rock sitting quietly in a display case in Arizona is roughly 2.3 billion years old. It looks pretty ordinary, and that is exactly what makes it so funny. The free mineral museum where it lives also has a room that glows under black light. It even has rocks arranged to look like pancakes, peas, bacon, and toast with jam. I like how a place this playful still takes its science seriously. The story starts somewhere else, though. A beloved state mineral museum once drew busloads of schoolkids, and