Earth Day 2026 at LA Natural History Museum

Special Notice:

The MSSC will be participating in an Earth Day activity at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum on Sunday, April 19 from 9:30-5:00.

It would be great to have some of the membership volunteer to help staff the table.

We will be handing out minerals/rocks to the kids that visit and have a hands on exhibit that people can touch

or at least see close up.  We will also demonstrate properties of minerals. For example:

MOHS hardness scale

Magnetic attraction

UV light demonstration

Full geode versus cut Geode

Density: Pumice versus iron samples

Color variety and why it occurs. Like quartz

Different ways to exhibit minerals

As part of your participation, you will receive a free entry to the museum and free parking. It would be great to see you there.

If you are interested in helping out,  contact David Lesperance, dlesperance@signalgeoscience.com or Leslie Ogg at president@mineralsocal.org