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.
Archival beer flat holding specimen | Caught singing in a loud voice when you thought you were alone | Specimen in pieces on bottom of specimen tray because it was glued with archival consolidants | In display case and inaccessible | Holotype on loan |
Radioactive fossil | Tray of non-diagnostic bone shards lovingly numbered and cradled in archival foam | Fossil suddenly inaccessible when they find out who your collaborators are | Museum wants copyright on any photos you take | On loan to researcher for past 25 years |
Plaster obscures important anatomy | Fossil away on tour | MUSEUM COLLECTION VISIT BINGO (free square) | Fish cranial element misidentified as theropod bone | Theropod bone misidentified as fish cranial element |
Drawer falls out of cabinet when you pull it out | White-out used to label specimen | Tray of paratypes | Scary-looking latex mold of specimen in drawer | Cigar box housing microfossils |
Locality data covers a three-state area | Fossil on exhibit covered in layer of dust | Plaster panel mount | Accidentally locked out of collection after going to the restroom | Fossil breaks when you touch it |