March of the Museums - March 10-14, 2025

Join us for free family activities during March Break!

Visit the Miller Museum for some fun crafts, and learn about and touch some real rock, mineral, and fossil specimens! Special March Break drop-in crafts and displays will take place in the museum classroom (Miller Hall room 100A, just off of the museum) from 10am to 4pm, Monday, March 10th to Friday, March 14th, 2025.

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Art and Dark Matter exhibit at the Miller Museum of Geology at Queen's

Jol Thoms, a Canadian-born, UK-based artist, educator, and sound designer, brings a unique perspective to the intersection of arts and sciences. In 2021, he was one of four artists invited to an art and science residency led by The Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute, The Agnes Etherington Art Centre at 黑料吃瓜资源, and SNOLAB, Canada鈥檚 premiere underground particle physics research laboratory.

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New Museum Curator

In July of 2018, long-time curator of the museum Mark Badham retired after 32 years in the position.  Taking on the task of redeveloping the museum in the mid 1980's was a "dream job" according to Badham, who started at the museum immediately upon graduation from the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering at Queen's University.  With the tremendous support of the Department, the University, and the greater Kingston museum community, the Miller Museum has grown and thrived.   

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