Virtual Geoscience Center Mission Statement

The SEG Virtual Geoscience Center is the online counterpart to the SEG Geoscience Center, located on the first floor of the Geophysical Resource Center at 8801 S. Yale in Tulsa, Oklahoma where all of the instruments presented online are physically on display. Additional displays are on the fifth floor, adjacent to SEG's main offices.

In addition to displaying the tools of the trade, the Geoscience Center has a program of interactive displays and activities designed for school children, the general public, and the members of the Society.

Because not all SEG members have the opportunity to visit the SEG Geoscience Center, the SEG Virtual Geoscience Center was created to serve the interests of the SEG membership in the following ways:

• The SEG membership - To preserve our geophysical heritage.  This is accomplished by
  • providing a pictorial archive of all the instruments and displays within the Geoscience Center, and providing documentation about the manufacture and historical uses of these instruments
  • providing an archive of biographies of important geophysicists who have helped paved the way in geophysical exploration
  • listing and honoring distinguished geophysicists who have received special recognition by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists
  • listing and honoring (through archived pictures, speeches, and writings) those who have served the Society as its President
  • special exhibits that display emerging or past technologies that have or will shape geophysical exploration for minerals and fossil fuels
• The general public - To provide an introduction to geophysics and the role it has played in acquiring natural resources necessary for the betterment of humankind and to familiarize the general public with technological issues and the people important to formulating public policy related to the exploration and development of natural resources.
• Students of all ages, especially K-12  level - To provide an  introduction to science, specifically geophysics, and to encourage young students to consider a career in geophysics.

The Geoscience Center is staffed by a professional curator and the volunteer efforts of numerous docents, members of the Geoscience Center Committee, and interested individuals.

The Virtual Geoscience Center is funded by the SEG Foundation,
with additional contributions and support provided by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, donations to the Geoscience Center, and by Missouri Southern State University.