The Georgia Museum of Natural History, part of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, will hold a celebration and fundraising event at the Visitor Center and Conservatory of the State Botanical Garden on Oct. 24. Tickets are $100 per person.
A social hour and silent auction will begin at6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30. There will be an exhibit of rare first-edition books spanning 500 years about corals and coral formation. Speaker for the evening will be Jim Porter, associate dean and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professor in UGA’s Odum School of Ecology.
The museum links collections, research, public service and education through programs designed for a diverse audience. Natural history museums are repositories for collections of archaeological, biological, geological and paleontological materials.
For more information about the fundraiser, call the museum at (706) 542-1663.