Rutgers University Geology Museum
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The Rutgers University Geology Museum is a geology
museum located on the College Avenue camputs of Rutgers University
in New Brunswick, New Jersey
. It was founded in 1872 by New Jersey State Geologist George Cook. It contains geologic samples, fossils, a mastodon skeleton, native american artifacts, and a mummy.
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
museum located on the College Avenue camputs of Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
in New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
. It was founded in 1872 by New Jersey State Geologist George Cook. It contains geologic samples, fossils, a mastodon skeleton, native american artifacts, and a mummy.