fossilized6s Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Last year my son and I took a trip to one of my favorite museums, the Kenosha County Public Museum. This museum isn't the biggest, BUT it's free, very educational, beautiful, kid friendly and the dioramas are unforgettable. While there I noticed that they had mislabeled a simple pyrite blob for a critter that I am way too familiar with, the Essexella Jellyfish. So last Saturday I took full advantage of the warm weather that had blown in (a blazing 55 degrees) thawing us from our wintery grip, and made the hour trip to donate a proper Jellyfish. I also decided to donate a few more Mazon Creek fauna pieces that they didn't have. For most of you that don't know this, Kenosha County has been one of the best spots to find complete ice age mega fauna in the US for the last hundred years or so. Located on the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan, the Kenosha Public Museum proudly houses a cast from a local find of the most complete Mammoth ever found in the US. It also has a recreated dig sight from a local find as well of a rare Mammoth butcher site. All of these were found about 30mins from my home. But unlike most mega fauna hunters, I don't have the luxury of rivers to sift. These fossils are either under wetlands, 4'-10' of clay or are in a neighborhood with a house sitting on top of them. Because of this though when they are found they are usually almost complete and well preserved. To this day there is still a Mastodon under a local lake that I will not name. Hopefully funding will come soon so it can be finally uncovered, and I can only hope to volunteer my time to be a part of it. I'm getting off topic....... I highly recommend anyone that is visiting the Chicago or Milwaukee area to take a walk through the Kenosha Public Museum. It is small, but jammed packed with simple to understand information. The dioramas are just amazing. If you're at all interested in woodland Native American culture, this is the place for you. As most museums do, it has a timeline walkway that brings you from creation to modern day. This museum also has many other things to do and see, and it sits next door to a Civil War Museum and just down the street from the Dino Museum. The pyrite smear that I will call the Golden Ghost Faux Jelly. My chosen donated fossils (Jellyfish, associated group of Jellys, shrimp, shrimp molt, sea cucumber, coprolite and a Macroneuropteris. continued...... Edited February 22, 2016 by fossilized6s 3 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 2 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Local teeth finds 2 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 2 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 2 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 After the museum trip, I decided to jump the border and go for a quick walk/hunt on the shores of Lake Michigan. The Whitetail deer here are not too afraid of humans. This is how close you can get to these awesome creatures. Usually Cephalopods, crinoids, gastropods, etc. are found here. But if you're lucky you can find Crinoid cups in the Limestone Dolomite (which I was). It's not the greatest piece, but I'm happy. Hope you enjoyed my Saturday, I did. And sorry about my pictures. I just got a new phone that takes huge high res pics, so I had to dial these down to post. And I think I may have made them too small. Ugh.....you live and learn. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Wow Charlie, you're amazing and I'm sure the museum is thankful of your contribution to their facility. I must say, that place has more fossils than the Milwaukee Public Museum which is sad seeing MPM sits on the world's biggest silurian reef, Schoonmaker Reef. Thanks for sharing! Best regards, Paul ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Cool place. Thanks for the tour. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Thank you for the virtual tour. Looks to be a fun place to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Very interesting, looks like a nice place to visit. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Thanks for the tour, Charlie! That was fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Thanks Charlie for your post.You certainly portrayed the Museum very well. Great scenic photos. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Thanks for the virtual tour, Charlie. Looks interesting enough that I think we'll have to put that on our agenda next time we're up in the Chicago area. Maybe we'll contact you and you can be our tour guide. Officially added to my bucket list. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smt126 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 (edited) Also nearby is the dinosaur museum which is free too Also nearby is the dinosaur museum which is free too Edited April 13, 2016 by smt126 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoMike Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I'm going to have to put this on my list, if I manage to make it back up Chicago-way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Thanks for the report. Funny. If you read the mastodon teeth, they say "NEW". Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pocock Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Very nice museum, thanks for the tour. Regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Just saw this now... That looks like a pretty good museum for whatever size... Lots of good dioramas and fossil displays. I'd like to see larger pics of the fossils if you still have the larger photos and get around to posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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