The purpose of the North Museum is to generate excitement, curiosity and life-long learning in the natural and physical sciences and technology by offering excellent programs, experiences, exhibits and a regional archive of well-preserved and curated collections to interest both children and adults. The Museum will foster strong community involvement to fulfill this purpose.
This month's exhibit focuses on the works of Pedanios Dioscorides, the ancient Greek writer who was the father of medical botany. Born in Anazarbus in Cilicia (modern southern Turkey), Dioscorides studied medicine under Areios at Tarsus, and served as a physician and soldier in the Roman armies in the period when Nero, Caligula, and Claudius were Emperors.
The Detroit Observatory, named in honor of major donors from Detroit, was the centerpiece of President Henry Philip Tappan's efforts to transform the University of Michigan into one of the first research universities in the United States. Tappan recruited Franz Brünnow, a German astronomer, as the first director of this early scientific laboratory.
National Museum of the History of Science and Medicine
The borough of Vinci numbers 14 thousand inhabitants. It is situated in the heart of Tuscany, only a few kilometres from Florence and Pistoia, a stone's throw from Pisa, and within an hour's drive from Lucca and Siena. Vinci extends over an area of 54 sq. km., with a minimum altitude of 26m at Sovigliana and a maximum of 640m on Montalbano (Cupolino), where the greater part of the borough territory may be found.
For over two hundred years since its foundation a variety of astronomical, geodesic and meteorological instruments have been bought on behalf of the National Astronomical Observatory of Spain -formerly known as the Madrid Astronomical Observatory. A sample of those instruments constitute this virtual museum.
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.
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.
The collections in The Telephone Museum Foundation have been provided through 30 years of industrious collection by the founders of the Fund, Mr. Søren Black-Petersen and Mr. Ole Jæger. The collections document the history of Danish telephony with special emphasis on the work of Copenhagen Telephone Company Ltd. (KTAS) from 1881 to 1995.
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.
