Georgia Southern Museum invites public for Shark Week

Actual operating hours during the week 2-5 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Tues.-Fri.

Framed by megalodon jaws, Georgia Southern Museum staff members – left to right, front row, Assistant Director Lashanda Hicks-Griffin and student assistant Sydney Kelly; back row, graduate assistant Stephen Cravey, student assistant Micayla Civetta (dressed as shark) and student volunteer Nathan Chapman – express their excitement about Shark Week. Incidentally, the jaws are a replica, but the museum’s collection includes many real shark teeth, including those of the giant, long-extinct megalodon. (SPECIAL PHOTO/Georgia Southern Museum)

SPECIAL PHOTO/Georgia Southern Museum Framed by megalodon jaws, Georgia Southern Museum staff members – left to right, front row, Assistant Director Lashanda Hicks-Griffin and student assistant Sydney Kelly; back row, graduate assistant Stephen Cravey, st — Framed by megalodon jaws, Georgia Southern Museum staff members – left to right, front row, Assistant Director Lashanda Hicks-Griffin and student assistant Sydney Kelly; back row, graduate assistant Stephen Cravey, student assistant Micayla Civetta (dressed as shark) and student volunteer Nathan Chapman – express their excitement about Shark Week. Incidentally, the jaws are a replica, but the museum’s collection includes many real shark teeth, including those of the giant, long-extinct megalodon. (SPECIAL PHOTO/Georgia Southern Museum)

The Georgia Southern University Museum will celebrate July 10-16 as Shark Week, publicly showcasing the museum’s considerable collection of fossil shark teeth and related material, offering fun activities such as a shark scavenger hunt and even aiming to counteract misconceptions for viewers of certain televised Shark Week programming.

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