The Virtual Museum of Ancient Inventions is a project begun by the students in the course Ancient Inventions, which was offered for the first time in the spring semester of 1997. More inventions will be acquired by the museum each year that the course is offered.
Rundetaarn (The Round Tower) was built on the initiative of King Christian IV (1588-1648) with Hans Steenwinkel the Younger as architect. On 7 July, the foundation stone for Rundetaarn was laid. The tower was the first stage of the Trinitatis complex, which was to gather three important facilities for the scholars of the seventeenth century: an astronomical observatory, a student's church and a university library.
In 1849, while constructing the first railroad between Rutland and Burlington, Vermont, workers unearthed the bones of a mysterious animal near the town of Charlotte. Buried nearly 10 feet below the surface in a thick blue clay, these bones were unlike those of an y animal previously discovered in Vermont. After consulting with experts, the bones were identified as those of a "beluga" or "white" whale, an animal that inhabits arctic and subarctic marine waters in the northern hemisphere.
Exhibitions at the Yale Peabody Museum
The exhibits of the new North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences look at the natural world through the distinct lens of North Carolina's diverse geography, geology, plants and animals. By exploring our own backyards and taking a closer look at the familiar, we can better understand the world and our place in it as we learn about North Carolina's global connections. In this way, the Museum becomes a window on the world.
The St. Louis Science Center serves as a bridge between scientist and layperson, encouraging an understanding of ecology and the environment, humanity, technology and the space sciences and how each interrelates. By fostering an active interest in science and mathematics, the Science Center prepares people to make decisions that may shape the future and meet society's needs for scientific literacy.
The Swedish Museum of Natural History offers knowledge about nature and man's surroundings. We wish to make it as exciting as possible. We want to add to your knowledge by providing experiences.
Welcome to the Department of Invertebrate Zoology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. This department houses some of the most extensive and historically important metazoan and protozoan collections available to researchers today. Among the one million specimens in the collections are almost 10,000 type depositions. The taxonomic and geographic strengths of the invertebrate collections reflect the research interests of curators and their areas of geographic interest throughout the history of the museum.
The Natural History Museum has today been named Large Visitor Attraction of the Year at the London Tourism Awards 2003.
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is a scientific, educational, and cultural resource center dedicated to improving the public's understanding of science and technology
