Lafayette Science Museum visitors can soon get a behind-the-scenes look at a working geology lab.
Starting in the summer of 2014, they鈥檒l be able to watch UL Lafayette faculty and students process specimens for display.
The University鈥檚 50-year-old collection of fossils, rocks and minerals will be relocated from campus to the nearby Jefferson Street museum.
Dr. David Borrok, director of the School of Geosciences, said the move will extend the University鈥檚 footprint into downtown Lafayette and provide a 鈥渟tronger link to the community.鈥
The collection will include some fossils obtained by two faculty members and seven students at Oregon鈥檚 Fossil Lake, a well-known Ice Age collection site, this past summer.
The team collected more than 5,000 fossils, including those of birds, fish, horses and camels.