Cal Day is the one day of the year when lucky members of the public can tour UCMP’s collection. But this year, on the night before Cal Day, UCMP hosted a special event to take some of our closest friends behind the scenes.

This invitation-only event included sneak previews of Cal Day exhibits, tours of the collection, the paleo art of William Gordan Huff, and fossils recovered during the construction of the Caldecott Tunnel’s fourth bore.

UCMP-affiliated faculty curators, scientists, students, and educators were on hand to present a night that our guests won’t soon forget. After some mingling and introductory remarks from Director Charles Marshall our visitors were whisked into the collection to enjoy a glimpse of the exciting work happening at UCMP.

This exciting, unique UCMP experience produced many smiles and set the tone for the Cal Day to come.

For more photos from the evening see this album on Facebook.

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