Hays, Kansas - Fish within a Fish Fossil

Address:: 3000 Sternberg Drive, Hays, KS
Directions:: At the Sternberg Museum, which is a part of 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 9-6, Su 1-6 (Call to verify)
Phone:: 785-628-4286

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Hays, Kansas - 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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November 24, 2009