Hays, Kansas -
Famous Fish within a Fish Fossil
A fish, fossilized after just eating a smaller fish, which was also fossilized. "If you come through Kansas again you must see that fossil."
- Address:
- 3000 Sternberg Drive, Hays, KS
- Directions:
- Sternberg Museum at Fort Hays University. I-70 exit 159. Drive south, turn left on 27th St., drive about a mile, then turn left again on Sternberg Drive.
- Hours:
- T-Sa 9 am - 6 pm, Su 1-6pm. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 785-628-4286
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Fish within a Fish Fossil Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays
(785-628-4286) opened in a new museum building in early 1999 and is
devoted mainly to dinosaurs. What gives Sternberg its fame is one of the
fossils old Mr. Sternberg discovered: the "fish within a fish" fossil. The
actual fossil is on display, along with a diorama of Sternberg digging up the
find. The museum is filled with life-sized models and murals of prehistoric
creatures. Kids will like it more than adults, but even I, visiting alone,
spent a good hour looking around. If you come through Kansas again you must
see that fossil. [Robert Collins, 12/07/2000]
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