Natural History Museums

Book review: Dry Store Room No 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum, by Richard Fortey

guardian.co.uk     06-Sep-2008          

The Natural History Museum in London's South Kensington houses around 80m specimens. It was built to contain the British Museum's overspill and educate the masses in the wonders of creation and the power of the state....                    

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Answers About New York's Dog Runs, Part 2

nytimes.com     04-Sep-2008   1 related          

Following is the second set of answers from Frances R. Sheridan, the writer and photographer of “Unleashed: The Dog Runs of New York City” (Prestel, 2005). Why does the dog run at the Museum of Natural History have those...                    

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NYC exhibit of diamonds arranged as butterfly

iht.com     04-Sep-2008   3 related          

An eight-day exhibition of 240 diamonds arranged in the shape of a large butterfly is dazzling visitors at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Dubbed "The Butterfly of Peace," the group of colored...                    

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bbc.co.uk: The 'Cocoon' bbc.co.uk

Museum 'cocoon' ready to open

bbc.co.uk     03-Sep-2008   5 related          

The completed Cocoon will eventually be home to 20 million specimens The spectacular new wing of London's Natural History Museum has been unveiled. The Darwin Centre Phase Two is designed around an iconic eight-storey...                    

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guanajuato: day 15

wordpress.com     01-Sep-2008   53 related          

Today is a nice relaxing day; the weather is great, we don't really have any work we have to do, and we're healthy! This was a pretty fun museum, and it was free (with our don Quijote student IDs)! After the roughly 40...                    

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Santa Barbara getaway might be cheaper than you think

signonsandiego.com     31-Aug-2008          

There's nothing like cruising along the coast to Santa Barbara, seeing the ocean sparkle, or the sun set, while sipping a glass of wine and chatting with new friends. For people who want to forget the stress of driving...                    

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E. Idaho museum plans fish fossil display

theolympian.com     28-Aug-2008          

The Associated Press • Published August 28, 2008 The Idaho Museum of Natural History in eastern Idaho plans to display 50-million-year-old fish fossils next week as part of a plan to have small exhibits that change each...                    

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physorg.com: Image of the amber fossil discovered by OSU researchers containing the foot and partial tail. physorg.com

Researchers Find Oldest Gecko Fossil Ever Discovered

physorg.com     27-Aug-2008   1 related          

Scientists from Oregon State University and the Natural History Museum in London have announced the discovery of the oldest known fossil of a gecko, with body parts that are forever preserved in life-like form after 100...                    

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Main / Americana

coolcleveland.com     27-Aug-2008          

more obvious than during an election season when we become inundated with politicians and their advertising. And there's nothing more American than focusing on sustainability, which Cool Cleveland highlights with our new...                    

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Main / Cle Mus Nat His Bruce Latimer

coolcleveland.com     24-Aug-2008          

Much More than Dinosaur Skeletons CMNH Looks To Bright Future According to Outgoing Director Latimer No disrespect to the dinosaurs, but there is a lot more going on at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History nowadays than...                    

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