The Sternberg Museum of Natural History’s new Outbound program offers guided travel programs with a science twist.
The museum has big things planned for the Outbound trips, kicking off with an adventure in Denver to learn about fossils, paleontology, and the ages old science of making beer. Thousands of years of knowledge about water, yeast and agriculture go into every glass you drink. The trip includes behind-the-scenes tours of the fossil collections at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and meetings with professional brewers.
Beginning on Friday, April 24, the trip will begin at the Sternberg Museum with a meet-and-greet plus tour of the world-class fossil research collection at the Sternberg Museum with Dr. Laura Wilson. The evening will conclude with a group dinner at Gella’s Diner and Brewery before loading into the van for the drive to Denver.
On Saturday, April 25, travelers will visit the Denver Museum of Natural History, and get a behind the scenes tour of their fossil collections, guided by Dr. James Hagadorn. Participants will also have a chance to peruse the Denver Museum galleries. Museum education staff will make a point of discussing the differences and similarities in the fossil records of Kansas and Colorado through time. Following the visit to the Denver Museum, the science of beer brewing tours will begin. The visits to breweries to meet with brewmasters and talk brewing science will continue on Sunday, April 26.
Participants and staff members will be driving back to Hays that evening, arriving back in town by about 10:30pm.
Final total cost per person: $370 non-members, $330 per member
Group rates:
2 individuals traveling together, sharing a room: $280 non-members, $240 members
3 individuals traveling together, sharing a room: $250 non-members, $210 members
4 individuals traveling together, sharing a room: $235 non-members, $195 members
This trip is for individuals 21 and older. All participants must have a valid photo ID with proof of age.
For more information, contact David Levering, education director, at (785) 628-5502 or [email protected].