Sternberg Museum

Tisa Mason, president of Fort Hays State University, shown here during an Oct. 29, 2024, podcast interview with Kansas Reflector, told the Legislative Budget Committee the university will be able to keep Sternberg Museum of Natural History open after donations flooded in. Mason initially said the museum would close in December because of state budget cuts.

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Fort Hays State’s Sternberg Museum will remain open after outpouring of support

Morgan Chilson | Kansas Reflector

Legislators criticize university president’s handling of announcement and question budgeting

The Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays has a collection of more than 3 million fossils and other specimens.

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The Sternberg museum in Hays may not close this year after all

Suzanne Perez

Fort Hays State University President Tisa Mason told Ellis County leaders on Tuesday that new partnerships and donations from the community could keep the museum open into next year.

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Charles Sternberg’s Kansas Fossils No Longer Up For Bids

Cindee Talley

The San Diego Natural History Museum removed 12 fossils it had listed for sale. Seven of those it had purchased from Kansas scientist Charles Sternberg in…