Aurora Fossil Museum
The Aurora Fossil Museum is a natural science museum in Aurora, North Carolina. The museum's collection is built around fossils recovered from the nearby phosphate mine owned since 1995 by PotashCorp, but also includes fossil specimens donated from around the world as well as geology and meteorite displays.Photo: RadioFan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: natural history museum in Aurora, North Carolina
- Address: NC
Aurora Fossil Museum
- Categories: paleontological museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Richland Township, Beaufort County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.30461° or 35° 18′ 17″ northLongitude
-76.78771° or 76° 47′ 16″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87758636+RWOpenStreetMap ID
node 367912251OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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