Introduction

The State Soils Smithsonian Soils Exhibit Project will be outstanding in increasing the awareness in education of the youth about the importance of soils and their many uses. The Soil Science Society of America is one of the lead organizations with assistance of the Agronomic Science Foundation in working to raise $3 million to establish a soils exhibit in the Smithsonian Natural Museum of History. Each state is being asked to participate at the cost of $10,000 to support a soil monolith for their state soil.

The purpose of this section is to post activity of state soil societies/associations, SSSA, Agronomic Science Foundation and other involved in making the Smithsonian Soils Exhibit a reality.

The lead web site in learning about this Smithsonian Soils Exhibit is at: http://www.soils.org/smithsonian.

Updates on the Smithsonian Soils Exhibit

from June 2007

2008 Opening Preview at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings in New Orleans from Paul G. Kamps, Development Officer, Soil Science Society of America.

Dig It! The Secrets of Soil -- Preview of soils exhibit to be held in New Orleans on November 7.  Place the Smithsonian Soils Exhibit: 2008 Opening Preview at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings in New Orleans on your must-attend event list, Nov. 7, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Convention Center, Room 230. The 5,000 square foot exhibit on soils will open in July, 2008, at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. For more information, please visit http://www.soils.org/smithsonian or http://forces.si.edu/soils

from March 2007

From Paul G. Kamps, Development Officer, SSSA. Highlights:

• July, 2008 is Smithsonian committed opening date of this soils exhibit.
• Funding - $2.1 million toward the $2.5 million goal for DC soils exhibit met.

1. Additional sponsorship opportunities still available! (doc, one page)
2. A Milestone Chart on design time frame as the soils exhibit moves from today (2007) toward the July, 2008 opening. (doc, one page)
3. Eight excellent color illustrations of what of what this outstanding soils exhibit will look like on opening day in July, 2008. (pdf, eight colored pages)