Pacific Museum of the Earth
| Pacific Museum of Earth | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Address: | 6339 Stores Road |
| Building: | Earth and Ocean Sciences |
| Hours | |
| Hours: | Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 5:00pm. |
| Contact | |
| Phone: | 604-822-6992 |
| Website: | http://www.eos.ubc.ca/resources/museum/ |
The Pacific Museum of Earth (PME) is UBC's earth science museum. It features:
- an 80-million-year-old Lambeosauras dinosaur skeleton
- collections of minerals, rocks, and fossils from around the world
- a secure precious minerals vault
- a tornado machine
- a dinosaur egg
- amber encased insects.
The PME was founded in 2003 and offers tours for students, kindergarten through grade 12, and a teachers’ resource centre, which contains resources and materials intended to assist with teaching earth science in the classroom. It also contains a gift shop.
Admission is by donation.