Articles in Natural History
Houston Museum of Natural Science presents A Day In The Life Of A Dinosaur
The Houston Museum of Natural Science presents A Day In The Life Of A Dinosaur, an exhibition on view through Sept. 30, 2012. Dinosaur Discovery , a new special exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land features a lively group of stomping, roaring, and animated dinosaurs. The prehistoric giants, manufactured in Los Angeles by Kokoro Dinosaurs, use the latest robotic technology. A computer-controlled air compressor gives each dinosaur its own unique sequence of movement ... Read More
Museum of Discovery announces Extreme Deep exhibition
The Museum of Discovery presents Extreme Deep, an exhibition open April 28, 2012 to July 29, 2012. Extreme Deep depicts the mysteries of the ocean’s greatest depths. Newly discovered life forms, thermal vents, close-up views of deep-sea research submersibles, and shipwrecks, including the Titanic, are among the attractions in this deep-sea adventure. Museum visitors will observe firsthand the technology that has only recently allowed men and women to travel to the ocean floor. Museum of ... Read More
Colorado Railroad Museum announces Dinosaur Express Train
Colorado railroads helped unearth many fossils as railroad tracks were laid. Construction crews often exposed these unusual and fascinating bones as they were digging and laying railroad ties. Trains were then used to transport these ‘stone bones’ to museums around Colorado and throughout the U.S. Ride and discover the Dinosaur Express Train on May 19 at the Colorado Railroad Museum from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Make “Fresh Tracks through Prehistory” as children sift through sand in ... Read More
Journey to the Arctic opens in Cincinnati Museum Center’s new OMNIMAX Film
CINCINNATI – Since 1990, Cincinnati Museum Center’s OMNIMAX Theater has taken you to places you might not get the opportunity to visit – or even dare to go! Our 61st film, To The Arctic, is no different, transporting you to one of the most remote and spectacularly beautiful places in the world. Opening April 20, To The Arctic takes you on an extraordinary journey to the top of the world in the ultimate tale of survival. Travel with a herd of caribou, plunge into the ocean with the ... Read More
National Museum of Natural History opens To the Arctic 3D on April 20
Smithsonian Theaters presents its newest giant-screen film, To the Arctic 3D, opening at the National Museum of Natural History’s Johnson IMAX Theater April 20. The 40-minute documentary adventure tells the ultimate tale of survival, taking audiences on a journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her 7-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. The intimate footage brings moviegoers up close and personal with this family’s struggle to survive in ... Read More
Wellcome Collection opens Brains. The mind as matter
The Wellcome Collection presents Brains. The mind as matter an exhibition on view 29 March–17 June 2012.Brainbow Mouse Digital photomicrograph, Jean Livet, Joshua R Sanes and Jeff Lichtman, 2007 Lichtman Lab, Harvard University Wellcome Collection’s major new exhibition looks at one of the most complex entities in the universe. Brains: The mind as matter explores what humans have done to brains in the name of medical intervention, scientific enquiry, cultural meaning and ... Read More
Wellcome Collection presents The treasures of Henry Wellcome
The Wellcome Collection presents The treasures of Henry Wellcome, an exhibition on view through 20 May 2012. From a pair of wax hands to a shrunken head and from ivory anatomical figures to an executioner’s mask, a new display of photographs by Thom Atkinson in the windows of the Wellcome Trust celebrates the remarkable collection of treasures amassed by Sir Henry Wellcome. A dried ‘merman’ chimera sits beside a medicine chest taken to Mount Everest; a 19th-century X-ray tube ... Read More
Natural History Museum Displays Prehistoric Snake Replica and Fossil of 60-Million-Year-Old Snake
A 48 feet long realistic replica of the world’s largest snake is on exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History until Jan. 6, 2013. Sixty million years ago, in the era after the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, scientists believe that a colossal snake related to modern boa constrictors thrived in a hot tropical climate. The exhibition includes the snake replica and two vertebra casts made from the original fossils: a 17-foot-long modern green anaconda and the vertebra ... Read More
Academy of Natural Sciences Light Show
The Academy of Natural Sciences Drexel University is presenting a Light Show taking place at the Academy every night through March 27 in celebration of the Academy’s Bicentennial! The five-minute show on the Academy’s historic façade on Logan Circle features color-changing LED light technology coupled with animated laser images from the Academy’s renowned collections of more than 18 million specimens, all choreographed to music. Catch the light show every night through Tuesday, March ... Read More
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts opens Birds of a Feather. John Costin and John James Audubon
The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts presents irds of a Feather. John Costin and John James Audubon, an exhibition on view March 24 – June 24, 2012. John Costin, Anhinga, 1998, hand-colored etching from the Large Florida Birds portfolio Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Gift of Brent Garback and Linda Tremblay Separated by roughly two centuries, John James Audubon and John Costin both produced spectacular portfolios recording the splendor of American birds. This exhibition pairs ... Read More
Recent Comments