Home to the University of Tennessee and host to the 1982 World’s Fair, Knoxville, TN, was the destination for the 2019 Natural Stone Institute Study Tour, which drew a total of 66 participants. The four-day event provided an arena for attendees to mingle and network through many sessions and activities.

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Stone World recently sat down with Jane Bennett, executive vice president of the Natural Stone Institute, to recap the association’s recent Study Tour in the Bluestone region of Upstate New York and Pennsylvania. 

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Registration is now open for the 2023 Natural Stone Institute Colorado Study Tour, beginning Sunday afternoon September 10^th and continuing through Wednesday night, September 13^th.

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Over 100 members attended NSI’s annual study tour, which took place in western Colorado, September 10th to 14th. Highlights of the event included a rare glimpse inside Colorado Stone Quarries’ historic Pride of America marble quarry and fabrication facility and a trip to the Gallegos stone yard and marble shop in Gypsum. During the Gallegos visit, attendees enjoyed a fun Poker Run activity featuring their suppliers. 

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Marble Institute of America (MIA) and Building Stone Institute (BSI) have announced a first-time partnership between the two organizations in hosting a joint fall study tour from October 23 to 26, 2011. 

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The Natural Stone Institute will offer a webinar on Thursday, February 23, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (EST) showing a virtual tour of Stony Creek Quarry in Branford, CT.

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Registration for the 2018 study tour in Italy, which is organized by the Natural Stone Institute (NSI), closes on Sunday, July 1. The event will include quarry and factory tours, as well as unique opportunities to explore the culture and history of Padova, Italy. Read More

The Marble Institute of America and Building Stone Institute (MIA+BSI) held a one-day study tour of factories in the Shuitou Fujian stone region during the Xiamen Stone Fair, in Xiamen, China. Read More

The annual Natural Stone Institute Auction is going hybrid; "LIVE and virtual" for 2021. This means that attendees can participate LIVE on-site, as part of the Cleveland Study Tour, OR virtually, via a streaming broadcast viewed upon their devices from anywhere.

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The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) encourages members to donate to this year’s auction, which will take place live on Monday, September 12, 2022 during the Bluestone Study Tour, with an online silent auction September 5th to 12th. All proceeds will benefit the Natural Stone Foundation.

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