A marl quarry, understood to be filled with marine and terrestrial fossils, will be the setting for Rowan University’s Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park Museum.
The museum will open next year and bring guests a new experience of 66-million-year-old marine and terrestrial fossils. The fossils could be one of the last documents of the dinosaur world before extinction.
After negotiations, Rowan University partnered with the township to create an interactive museum that could educate guests on the fossils and the dinosaur era.
The $75 million development will be a 44,000-square-foot Fossil Park Museum designed by Ennead, a well-known architecture firm.
The facility will feature:
Immersive virtual reality (VR)
Paleo sculptures by world-renowned prehistoric artist Gary Staab
Dioramas of scenes from the prehistoric period
A 120-seat, stadium style theater
Opportunities for visitors to level-up through eleven layers of achievement
A Cretaceous garden providing visitors a sense of what the landscape of the period would have been like
Critter Cove features live animals, including a saltwater touch tank
Café, museum store, and special events facilities
playground created by Toronto designer Earthscape featuring a pterosaur with 45-foot wingspan
A real fossil digging experience
Natural trails, and more.
Source: www.quarrymagazine.com
