Museum Collection Visit Bingo!


How to play:

Visit Museum Collection Visit Bingo and print one copy of this game card for each player, refreshing the page before each print, or have the players print their own bingo cards. These instructions will not be printed. You can also select an embeddable card only version of the game or a multiple card version of the game when playing on line, or with a smart phone.

Click/Mark each block when you see or hear these words and phrases. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "NATURE PAPER!!!". Or play as a drinking game and for every block you mark off, take a sip, and finish your drink each time you get five blocks in a row.

Sharpie writing on fossilLocality data covers a three-state areaTray of paratypesFish cranial element misidentified as theropod boneArchival beer flat holding specimen
Museum wants copyright on any photos you takeFossil not in collection, no loan tagRadioactive fossilSpecimen inaccessible because forklift has broken downGreen cyanoacrylate glue
Fossil located in collection only after they find out who your graduate advisor wasAccidentally drop a whole drawerMUSEUM COLLECTION VISIT BINGO
(free square)
Fossil unavailable to researchers because it is perpetually "under study"White-out used to label specimen
#!*%$ ichnotypeFossil away on tourIn display case and inaccessible until they find out who your graduate advisor wasPlaster panel mountHolotype on loan
Holotype missingFossil in curator's officeOn loan to researcher for past 25 yearsFossil suddenly inaccessible when they find out who your collaborators areUncatalogued material