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Caption: Photo of entrance to Gray Fossil Museum taken on grand opening weekend, Feb. 7, 2008. Photo by PaleoClipper, courtesy Wikipedia.

Construction progresses on addition at Gray Fossil Site

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson

Caption: Photo of entrance to Gray Fossil Museum taken on grand opening weekend, Feb. 7, 2008. Photo by PaleoClipper, courtesy Wikipedia.
Caption: Photo of entrance to Gray Fossil Museum taken on grand opening weekend, Feb. 7, 2008. Photo by PaleoClipper, courtesy Wikipedia.

GRAY, Tenn. (AP) – Work continues on a new education addition at the Gray Fossil Site in East Tennessee.

Museum director Jeanne Zavada told the Johnson City Press that officials are looking forward to a March completion of the project.

The nearly $2 million addition will include a wet lab for children and adults to work. It will be used primarily for education about the site, which is rich in fossilized remains of animals from the Miocene Era, about 5 million years ago. There will also be a cafe and two outdoor classrooms at the 7,000-square-foot addition.

Work on the project began in March.

Fossils were discovered in May 2000 during road construction on the outskirts of Gray. The road was relocated to save the site for research and education.

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Information from: Johnson City Press, http://www.johnsoncitypress.com

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