Archaeology and Paleontology
The following institutions provide tours, demonstrations, programs and classes that would be appropriate for fieldtrips.
Archaeology Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
30 Ramey Street
Collinsville, IL 62234
618-346-5160
www.cahokiamounds.com
Museum and interpretive center for the archeological remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization known north of Mexico, offering tours, festivals, classes, and teaching resources.
Center for American Archeology
P. O. Box 366
Kampsville, IL 62053
Phone: (618) 653 - 4316
www.caa-archeology.org
Museum, visitor center, field classes and programs, Family Dig-it overnight, field training for high schoolers, and individualized home school programs.
Dickson Mounds
10956 North Dickson Mounds Road
Lewistown, IL 61542
309-547-3721
http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/dickson/
Exhibitions, tours, classes, speakers, workshops and teaching resources.
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
www.state.ilus/hpa/departments/historicsites.htm
Resource to help you build your own program by providing access to information and contacts such as historians and historical sites.
Museum of Art & Archaeology
1 Pickard Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-1420
573-882-3591
http://museum.research.missouri.edu/
Collections of ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman art, American and European artwork, prints and sculpture from the 15th century to present are displayed.
Paleontology
Mastodon State Historic Site
1050 Museum Drive
Imperial, MO 63052
636-464-2976
http://www.mostateparks.com/mastodon.htm
Site of Kimmswick Bone Bed where bones of mastodons and other now-extinct animals were first found here in the early 1800s. Museum, interpretive center, library, teacher resource, tour and annual events.
University of Missouri Columbia Campus
http://gradschool.missouri.edu/catalog/museums.html
Museums on anthropology, entomology, paleontology, archaeology, herbarium and experimental farms open to the public - some by appointment,
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