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I address this to my fellow Fossil Forum members. For years, I have been looking for a venue to showcase my private fossil collection. I was hoping a college, school, shop, science and art institution or whoever would have interest in exhibiting a long term display of fossils. I am not asking for compensation, merely looking of a year or two of exposure. I am not interested in short term loans; I need over 6 months duration. The display will have 12 Cincinnati style cases, custom built to be high end quality. The displays will be stand alone and self explanatory in nature. The display themes can be according to Geological age, Taxon groups, Fossil localities or however would appeal most to the public. It is such a shame that the cabinets and fossils sit in storage where I, nor anyone else ever gets to see them. The size requirement would be to accommodate the displays at eye level and hold the 12 cases which are 4 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot. 8 standard size rectangular folding tables can hold all 12 cases. See the pictures below. My end would be to deliver the cases and specimens, set up the displays according to theme, take down the display after an agreed time interval. Transportation would be by 26 foot trailer pulled by a full size truck. I live in Western New York and I am not interested in traveling to the west coast, as the expenses would be very prohibitive. Insurance for the loan will need to be negotiated. If there is any interest, PM me. If anyone has ideas, I look forward to your replies.

These are some fossils that I found in myrtle beach in 2012 Sharks teeth Parrotfish tooth Turtle shell fragment Barracuda teeth Dome shaped fish tooth

How should I organize my fossil collection? Right now it's all randomized. I'm trying to make them easier to access. The problem is, I don't use shelves (like the glass ones that I've seen some users on this forum use.) But containers like this. (Yes, my organizing is terrible.) Can somebody also identify these Mazon Creek leaves?

Hello TFF, I just purchased a new glass cabinet for my fossil collection and I think that now would be a great time to show my fossils. Hope you guys like it. Here is my glass cabinet: Here are my favorite fossils: T rex Megalodon tooth

Hello everyone. It's been a number of years since I started collecting, and I must offer my sincerest thanks to this forum for ever being so helpful and supportive, to the traders for the amazing exchanges, and to the mods for making this such a pleasant place to stay. Allow me to present some of my fossil collections. I hope you guys will enjoy them as much as I. I shall update this thread over the months as I continually photograph and update my specimens. Overview of my primary fossil cabinet

Hello everyone! I recently started a blog featuring my fossil collection. Please take a look! Any comments and feedback will be greatly appreciated. Gfossils.blogspot.com Still has much room for improvement

Hi everyone. I just found this forum and am hoping to get some useful information. I have been doing a lot of research, and have been for most of my life on Fossils, stones and bones. I'll be attending college soon to study Paleontology and geology. It's been a dream of mine since I was very young. I do have some questions though, as I was not able to find answers. As far as collecting vertebrates, all the research I have done, I have concluded that I cannot even keep vertebrate fossils, I must turn them over to the public museums etc. I do see people buying/selling bones, and teeth and am not sure how they're doing it? I know the laws on collecting invertebrate specimens but can't figure out how one becomes a fossil dealer or one who is able to sell bones on Ebay. Can anyone give me some advice/information? I'm at a loss. I do have some bone fragments and teeth, that I'd bought from local stone shops. I don't have a clue on how they're able to sell them, but I am interested in this. Again, I cannot find any information whatsoever on how people become fossil dealers or even sell them. Where does one start when looking for vertebrates? Thank you all in advance!

you probably won't be about these, but here are some pictures of my collection, as of 22/11/2013 contents shown in picture: -mud trilobite (morocco) -insect (still unidentified) in amber -elrathria kingii trilobite (utah) -spinosaurus tooth (morocco) -orthoceras fossil (morocco) -goanatite fossil (madagascar) -coprolite (yes, poo) -Dinosaur eggshell fragment and these were not found on a beach or anything, becuase auckland, new zealand, is not particularly good for finding collectible fossils on cliffs or anything.