Dan Large is Frost Science’s fossil preparator. He cleans and prepares the fossils that Dr. Cary Woodruff, the museum’s curator of vertebrate paleontology, excavates in Montana. Once a fossil arrives in Miami, Dan painstakingly cleans away the rock and other material it is buried in to reveal the secrets it holds. Each fossil can take thousands of hours to prepare. Follow along with Dan to learn what adventures a day of work in the PaleoLab holds! 8:00 a.m.: I arrive... Read More

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Frost Science is not only a place for fun and exploration, but an institution dedicated to engaging people of all...

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This year, Frost Science has been running a new quarterly after-hours event series for adults (21+) called nightLAB. Thursday, October...

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The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is honored to have been asked to host early voting this year...

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Frost Science Welcomes Three New Board Members to its Board of Trustees

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Frost Science is proud to announce the appointment of three esteemed professionals to its Board of Trustees: Jeffrey Applebaum, Matthew...

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A Day in the Life of Frost Science’s Fossil Preparator

By Dan Large, Fossil Preparation Technician

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