$73M dinosaur fossil park and museum coming to New Jersey

[TexasTowelie]

An event that was 66 million years in the making took place over the weekend near Rowan University.

The Gloucester County school broke ground on a $73 million dinosaur fossil park museum on the site of a prehistoric treasure trove of relics just a few miles from its campus in Glassboro.

The 44,000-square-foot facility in Mantua Township will perch above a former marl quarry where 66 million-year-old marine and terrestrial fossils have been found.

“We are building a museum like no other, on a fossil site of global importance that will connect visitors to the ancient past...and to Rowan University,” Kenneth Lacovara, dean of the school of Earth & Environment and director of the Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park, said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.nj.com/education/2021/10/73m-dinosaur-fossil-park-and-museum-coming-to-nj.html

[drexelkathy]

1. Have you been there?

It is such an odd place. Literally a big empty sandy lot by a Target and Lowe’s.

I’m not sure where the 200,000 expected visitors will go - other than drive in, park at the park and then leave and go back to their schools, etc.

My son loves dinosaurs, so we will definitely check out the museum when they build it.

I just don’t see where the projected economic impact is going to be - other than income received by the museum itself.

(There is also no public transportation to the location. No sidewalks in the area. No businesses that will gain customers, etc)