Falls of the Ohio State Park is Hosting the “Digging The Past” Event on Saturday, August 24

Falls of the Ohio State Park will host its annual Digging the Past event on Saturday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests can explore fossils, minerals, and archaeology with a variety of free programs and games behind the park’s Interpretive Center. Admission to the museum gallery is $7 for all during this event.

These programs are offered at specific times during the day:

Explore the outer fossil bed on a guided hike from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. This hike is for guests ages 12 and older.
Trek the park’s other fossil beds with a guide. Hikes will leave on the hour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Make a free fossil collection from 11 a.m. to noon.
See what you can knock down at geode bowling from noon to 1 p.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. Prizes will be offered.
Discover interesting facts about geodes and crystals during a program and giveaway from 1 to 2 p.m.
Learn about dinosaurs during the Dinosaurs with Dale program from 2 to 3 p.m.

Programs offered all day include:

Visit refreshed Silurian fossil piles, courtesy of Irving Materials, Inc. (IMI) and Sellersburg Stone Quarry.
Create an egg carton collection with fossils and minerals for a $1 donation.
Create crafts like weather rocks, pet rocks, and bead stringing.
See displays and information from the Falls of the Ohio Archaeological Society.
Take part in hands-on archaeology activities from the Indiana State Museum.
Create a make-and-take concrete fossil, courtesy of IMI.
Browse fossil displays and get your fossil identified, courtesy of the Kentucky Paleontological Society.
Learn about Orodovician fossil collecting from the Spencer County (Kentucky) Tourism bureau.
Watch demonstrations of lapidary work (including rock polishing).
Get your unknown artifacts, rocks and fossils identified.
Dig “artifacts” in an archaeological mini-mock dig station.