Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Geological history of the island of Rab

On Wednesday, 30th of September in the gallery of Rector's Palace in Rab an exhibition "The Island of Rab - one hundred million years of geological history" starts jointly organized by the Museum of Natural History of Rijeka and the City of Rab.
The author of this interesting exhibition is Koraljka Klepac and the whole project is the result of her geological and paleontological studies on Rab. The exhibition consists of photographs of the island of Rab with rocks of different age, fossil remains of various organisms, limestone over 100 million years old, a variety of snails and shells over 35 million years.
The exhibition is extremely interesting and educational and financial support for the entire project comes from the town of Rab and the Croatian Ministry of Culture.

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