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The San Diego Natural History Museum traces its roots to an enthusiastic group of amateur naturalists, who formed the San Diego Society of Natural History in 1874.
The San Diego Natural History Museum traces its roots to an enthusiastic group of amateur naturalists, who formed the San Diego Society of Natural History in 1874.
This is the home page for the Boston Museum of Science
UCMP's Mission:
The mission of the University of California Museum of Paleontology is to investigate and promote the understanding of the history of life and the diversity of the Earth's biota through research and education.
Since the opening of the Linda Hall Library as a science, engineering and technology library in 1946, a Board of Trustees has guided the Linda Hall to its current position as the largest privately endowed science, engineering and technology library in the world. Wise investments by the Board of Trustees have maintained a significant endowment, built on the Halls' original gift
Exhibitions in the History of Medicine
The National Inventors Hall of Fame™ honors the women and men responsible for the great technological advances that make human, social and economic progress possible.
Each year, the Selection Committee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation selects inventors for induction. These are selected from a field of people nominated by peers and the public. The Selection Committee includes representatives from the leading national scientific and technical organizations.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame celebrates the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of great inventors. The creative genius of invention is showcased through exhibits and presentations that allow visitors to experience the excitement of discovery, creativity, and imagination. Each of the hundreds of inductees has a brief biography within the site, and many include audio clips. The site also provides an index of notable inventions, a chronology of inventions, information about the museum and criteria for inductions. A useful search engine compliments the site. The physical museum is located in Akron, Ohio.
Welcome to the Mount Wilson Virtual Tour! This tour is designed to give the visitor a feel for the observatory grounds and to present some of the history and heritage of Mount Wilson Observatory. One advantage of this tour over the one which is available on-site is that the virtual tourist is welcome to areas usually closed to the the public. For example, the 60-inch telescope is inaccessible to visitors. But on this tour, we'll travel to all of the domes on the mountain.
Between the flag that flew at the Trinity Site base camp, tattered from the strong New Mexican winds, and a spare "Fat Man" nuclear bomb casing, Akira Ono of Osaka, Japan, tours the National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque. Ono said he had mixed feelings visiting a museum dedicated to weapons of mass destruction.
Welcome to our Yellow Fever/Reed Commission exhibit. The exhibit includes twelve panels and a bibliography site, all of which are linked to this page. You can view the panels in any order you wish, but we recommend that you begin with the Introduction.
Perseus is an evolving digital library, engineering interactions through time, space, and language. Our primary goal is to bring a wide range of source materials to as large an audience as possible. We anticipate that greater accessibility to the sources for the study of the humanities will strengthen the quality of questions, lead to new avenues of research, and connect more people through the connection of ideas.