{"id":8983,"date":"2025-10-13T10:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/geosciences\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=8983"},"modified":"2025-11-06T09:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:18:12","slug":"natural-treasures-of-milwaukee-before-the-brewers-there-were-brachiopods","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/geosciences\/event\/natural-treasures-of-milwaukee-before-the-brewers-there-were-brachiopods\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Treasures of Milwaukee: Before the Brewers, there were Brachiopods\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tNovember 7, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\">\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\">\n\t\t\t\t6:00 pm\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t8:30 pm\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for the 2nd annual &#8216;Natural Treasures&#8217; evening event, hosted by the Department of Geosciences, to see and learn about the Thomas A. Greene Geological Collection, the only International Geoheritage Geo-Collection in the Western Hemisphere. The evening will include keynote presentations by Rob Graziano and Dr. Don Mikulic followed by public tours of the full collection storage. This is the only time during the year where Greene\u2019s full collection will be open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keynote presentations on Greene\u2019s collection and urban geology in Milwaukee begin at 6 PM. Small tour groups will be guided down to the collections following the presentations. Hors d\u2019oeuvres will be provided before and after presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All donations will go directly to the Thomas A. 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