AltonDooley

AltonDooley@mstdn.social

Paleontologist, Executive Director of the Western Science Center. Views are my own. He/him. For more paleontology goodies, check out my blog “Life…From a Certain Point of View “ at: <a href="https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/</a>

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Post #2951907
My grandmother once told us she wished she&#39;d had the opportunity to see really tall mountains. So one summer my wife drove her from Virginia to Wyoming to join me at a dinosaur excavation. From there we drove her over the Beartooth Highway (elevation ~11,000 feet) and into Yellowstone National Park. It was her last big road trip before she passed. #MothersDay #roadtrip #mountains
Post #2951906
New blog post! Like most museums, Western Science Center depends heavily on its volunteers: https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/a-museum-of-volunteers/ If you enjoy these posts, please consider subscribing or leaving a tip. All proceeds support education and research at WSC. #museum #volunteer #scicomm
Post #2951905
RE: https://mastodon.online/@globalmuseum/116602696813122172 We certainly face this issue at Western Science Center – we don&#39;t have enough funds to add more staff or sufficiently increase pay for current staff given inflation rates. Visitation, donations, and revenue have all increased, but the extra revenue is mostly absorbed by increases in utilities and insurance costs. #museum
Post #2951904
New blog post! A fossil bone can be significant and exhibit-worthy, even after an encounter with a bulldozer: https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/half-a-vertebra/ If you enjoy these posts, please consider leaving a tip or becoming a subscriber. All proceeds support research and education at the Western Science Center. #paleontology #palaeontology #museum #bison #fossil
Post #2951903
Southern #California mastodonians, I’m doing a thing! Saturday, May 30, I’ll spend an hour geeking out about mastodons at the Western Science Center in Hemet. Get up close and personal with #fossil mastodons in the WSC collection, learn how to identify mastodons, how to determine a mastodon’s age, and more. $12 per person, maximum of 10 people. #museum #paleontology https://www.westernsciencecenter.org/calendar/2026/5/30/60-minute-science-all-about-mastodons
Post #2311963
Western Science Center’s Mobile Museum #M3 is in San Bernardino for an Inland Empire 66er’s baseball game – tonight is Jurassic Ballpark! #paleontology #palaeontology #museum #scicomm
Post #587594
Today is Western Science Center’s monthly free Science Saturday event. Today’s theme is Women in Science. Activities are designed by WSC staff and high school and college students run the activity tables. Today’s event is sponsored by Hemet Unified School District. #museum #outreach #scicomm #education #WomenInScience #womenshistorymonth