Events
We are located at:
North Campus BuildingRoom 120
Western University
1151 Richmond St. N.
London, Ontario
N6A 5B7 Canada
geocollections@uwo.ca
Public Afternoons at the Hutchinson Suite
The Richard W. Hutchinson Geoscience Collaborative Suite has a public afternoon at the suite once a month. The next public afternoon is:
Earth Month Explorers
Saturday, April 11th 2026
11:00am - 3:00pm
This public afternoon is in honour of Earth month. Our theme is all about learning about, and appreciating our planet that we live on. We will have a special hands on activity, designed to teach our guests how to differentiate between igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. We will have lots of examples of rocks for people to view and hold, and anyone who correctly identifies 70% or more of the rocks on our activity will win a prize! Also, everyone who attends will receive a free Hutchinson Geoscience Suite button, and all children and students who attend will receive a small gift bag of rocks and minerals.
As always, this public afternoon at the Richard W. Hutchinson Geoscience Collaborative Suite will also include our beautiful exhibitions of rocks, minerals, fossils and meteorites from around the world. We look forward to your visit!
For events held at the Hutchinson Suite, please use our exterior entrance from the North Campus Building parking lot, next to the black sign for the "Richard W. Hutchinson Geoscience Collaborative Suite".
If you require an accessible entrance, please enter through the front doors of the North Campus Building and come around to room 120, at the back of the building on the main floor.
There is no charge, and no reservations are necessary; come and go as you please throughout the afternoon. The University has free parking on the weekends; check the "Visitor Parking" link and our map with the location of the R. W. Hutchinson Suite.
