Giant ichthyasaur and other oddities...
rutt
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... from the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Oh, the glory that was Harvard Natural History in the 19th century. This is Oakes Ames (1874-1950), who was a professor of botany at Harvard and studied orchards.
The museum contains an amazing collection of glass replicas of flowers, representing a lot of the plant kingdom.
My children have always loved the cealocanth, preserved in formaldehyde. I don't know why, but it grabbed their imaginations from the time they were very young. Looks like it's about to fall apart.
This is a very large collection of stuff, but not nearly as extravagently displayed as at the American Museum of Natural History or The Field Museum, for example. It has a much more haphazard feel to it, as much the outgrowth of serious science as actual museum.
Oh, the glory that was Harvard Natural History in the 19th century. This is Oakes Ames (1874-1950), who was a professor of botany at Harvard and studied orchards.
The museum contains an amazing collection of glass replicas of flowers, representing a lot of the plant kingdom.
My children have always loved the cealocanth, preserved in formaldehyde. I don't know why, but it grabbed their imaginations from the time they were very young. Looks like it's about to fall apart.
This is a very large collection of stuff, but not nearly as extravagently displayed as at the American Museum of Natural History or The Field Museum, for example. It has a much more haphazard feel to it, as much the outgrowth of serious science as actual museum.
If not now, when?
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I too spent many hours ooohing and ahhhing in the Harvard museums. My mom has worked at the University since I was 5 years old, so there were many days when she'd take me to work and send me off to wander the campus.
Ah, but those were the days, when a 10 year old kid could wander around and get in everywhere. These days, when I just go to visit my mom, I practically have to endure a strip search to get into her building!
Sorry, rant off.
I really like the 3rd shot of the flowers from the side. Unique angles are my fav.