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Orton Geological Museum, Columbus, OH

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Orton Geological Museum

A free university museum on the Ohio State campus showing fossils, minerals, and geology collections.

155 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 · Columbus, OH

About Orton Geological Museum

The Orton Geological Museum sits on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus and holds geology collections built up over more than a century. Visitors can see fossils, minerals, and specimens tied to Ohio's geologic history and to research done at the university. The museum also offers a virtual tour of the historic Orton Hall that houses it, along with digital exhibits covering topics such as Ohio's fossil record and Pleistocene predators.

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  • #university campus
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