SUNDAY AT THE MUSEUM LECTURE
Guest Speaker: Ashley Quinn
TOPIC: Where to find Georgia’s Fossils and the Largest Paleontology Collection in Georgia
Did you know that the largest paleontology collection in Georgia is housed just half an hour away from Eatonton? Did you also know that one of Eatonton’s own has been managing and curating the collection for over 20 years? This lecture will cover the fossil collections housed at the William P. Wall Museum of Natural History at Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia. The lecture will cover regions of the state from the northwest Ridge & Valley to the Coastal Plain provinces. You are invited to take a 500-million-year-old trip through the history of life in Georgia and follow one person’s mission to educate its citizens on the state’s paleontological resources.
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About our speaker…
Ashley Quinn lives in Eatonton, Georgia, and has been the Collections Manager of the William P. Wall Museum of Natural History at Georgia College & State University for over 20 years. She earned a B.S. in Biology in 2000 and an M.S. in Biology in 2005 from Georgia College & State University. She has conducted extensive fieldwork and educational outreach in paleontology and co-founded the Paleontology Association of Georgia in 2017. She has had a life-long interest in Native American archaeology and culture. She serves as Research Associate for the Middle Georgia Preservation Alliance, where her research interest is cemeteries and gravestone carvers; as president of the Ocmulgee Archaeological Society; and as Chair of Board of Directors for Fort Hawkins Foundation, Inc. Today she lives in Eatonton, has two sons and many hobbies including crocheting, painting, volunteering, public education, and writing poetry.
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Read more about Quinn’s involvement and contributions to The William P. Wall Museum of Natural History, located on the campus of GCSU in Milledgeville.