Edelman Fossil Park & Museum running for Best New Museum in USA Today poll – vote today!

The Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University (EFM) is nominated for Best New Museum in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards – and you can help it win!

The $75 million museum, hailed by Smithsonian Magazine before its opening as one of the world’s most anticipated, takes visitors on a journey from the late Cretaceous Period – the heyday of the dinosaurs – to the environmental challenges of today.

Since its March 20 ribbon-cutting, the museum has drawn more than 102,000 visitors, welcomed 13,247 members, and sparked more than 2.1 million social media impressions. Guests have dug for fossils in the quarry, explored virtual reality worlds, and connected with deep time in ways that inspire awe.

Voting in the USA Today poll runs through Dec. 22, and supporters may cast a ballot once per day.

“Together, we’re inspiring wonder, discovery, and a love of our planet for generations to come,” says founding executive director Kenneth Lacovara, Ph.D.

Help this dino-sized dream win big – vote daily and share widely!

Recognized as a "major museum" by Parametric Architecture

EFM this week was included in a list of “10 major museums and cultural buildings” that opened in 2025.

Published by the magazine Parametric Architecture, the list named EFM first among ten notable facilities that opened around the world this year including Japan's Naoshima New Museum of Art and the Fenix Museum in the Netherlands. Read more.