Science Museums and Exhibits
Science museums, planetariums, space museums, museums of science and industry, and special online exhibitions.
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Submitted Dec 12, 2009 to Science Museums and Exhibits This site allows visitors to explore fossils in three-dimensions online. Find images of sharks, duck-billed platypus, trilobites, dinosaurs, and more. The 3D Museum Website is maintained by the Vertebrate Paleobiology Lab of the University of California, Davis.
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Submitted Dec 25, 2008 to Science Museums and Exhibits The Current Science & Technology Center is a place where you can find out more about science and technology in the news... and catch up on the leading edge in research and exploration. Located in the Blue Wing of the Museum of Science, Boston, the Center offers exhibits, live events, video, animation, digital updates and live links to researchers in the field.
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Submitted Apr 15, 2007 to Science Museums and Exhibits Welcome to the Science & Society Picture Library. SSPL represents over a million images from the Science Museum, the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television and the National Railway Museum. With over 50,000 images digitised, and dedicated staff available to help you research others, you are sure to find the right image.
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Submitted Apr 09, 2007 to Science Museums and Exhibits The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is part of the Smithsonian Institution, the world
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Submitted Mar 10, 2007 to Science Museums and Exhibits The museum opened in 1949 in an old wartime cafeteria. It was originally named the American Museum of Atomic Energy. Its guided tours took visitors through the peaceful uses of atomic energy. The present facility, opened in 1975, continues to provide the general public with energy information. The name of the museum was changed to the American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE) in 1978.
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Submitted Mar 04, 2007 to Science Museums and Exhibits The Natural History Museum of the UK promotes the discovery, understanding, enjoyment, and responsible use of the natural world. Explore our world-class collections, fantastic exhibitions and cutting-edge research online, or visit our landmark buildings.
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Submitted Sep 12, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits Welcome to the Vancouver Aquarium, Canadas largest aquarium. As a non-profit organization we continually dedicate our efforts to the conservation of aquatic life through display, interpretation, education, research, and direct action.
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Submitted Jun 26, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits The Museum of Science and Industry, one of the most beloved and visited museums in the world, has origins that are tied to two great World's Fairs and to civic spirit and imagination of Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald. Rosenwald, then Chairman of Sears Roebuck & Company, was inspired by a 1911 visit with his son to the Deutches Museum in Munich. He returned to Chicago determined to create America's first center for "industrial enlightenment," a vehicle for public science education. With the help of other Midwest business leaders, Rosenwald restored and converted the Palace of Fine Arts, the last remaining major structure from the 1893 World's Fair, into a new type of American museum - where visitors could interact with the exhibits, not just view displays and artifacts. In 1933, the Museum of Science and Industry opened to the public, at the same time as the Century of Progress Exposition.
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Submitted Jun 18, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits The Bradbury Science Museum is located at 15th and Central in downtown Los Alamos, the home of Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Museum serves as a bridge between the Laboratory and the community, helping to improve science education and science literacy. The Museum also serves as a window to the Laboratory, interpreting the Laboratory's history and current research.
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Submitted Jun 13, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) is a singular resource center for preschool through high school science and mathematics education, and a public science center with exciting hands-on experiences for learners of all ages. Established in 1968 at the University of California at Berkeley in honor of Ernest O. Lawrence, UC's first Nobel laureate, Lawrence Hall of Science is a national leader in the development of innovative materials and programs for students, teachers, families, and the public at large.The mission of the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS), at the University of California at Berkeley, is to develop model programs for teaching and learning science and mathematics, and to disseminate these to an ever-increasing audience. The Hall is a resource center for children, parents, educators, and policymakers seeking to improve the understanding and increase the enjoyment of science and mathematics.
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Submitted Jun 13, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits "Best Planetarium in the World" The Planetarium magazine. Explore the skies in a small friendly planetarium, where questions and activities are part of the show.
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Submitted Jun 13, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits View poison dart frogs, box turtles, sea horses, and clown fish in jewel tanks. Get an up-close look at giant sea bass, alligator snapping turtles, gars, and moray eels. Get close and personal with sea stars and hermit crabs at the Discovery Tide Pool. Enjoy the penguins as they preen on land and swim underwater. Don't miss penguin feedings which happen every day at 11 am and 3:30 pm. Interact with aquatic biologists as they study, feed, and care for the animals.
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Submitted Jun 10, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits Ingenious is a new website that brings together images and viewpoints to create insights into science and culture. It weaves unusual and thought-provoking connections between people, innovations and ideas. Drawing on the resources of NMSI, the site contains over 30,000 images which are used to illustrate over 30 different subjects, topics and debates. You are invited on a voyage of discovery through the content, exploring new perspectives on human ingenuity. The rich resources offer authoritative re-interpretations, which challenge traditional views. You can contribute to these discussions, by offering fresh opinions on the issues that have changed our lives, thereby creating dialogues within communities and with the Museums.
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Submitted Feb 26, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany's government led by Adolf Hitler promoted a nationalism that combined territorial expansion with claims of biological superiorityan "Aryan master race"and virulent antisemitism. Driven by a racist ideology legitimized by German scientists, the Nazis attempted to eliminate all of Europe's Jews, ultimately killing six million in the Holocaust. Many others also became victims of persecution and murder in the Nazis' campaign to cleanse German society of individuals viewed as threats to the "health" of the nation.
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Submitted Feb 22, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits The Zoological Society of San Diego is a not-for-profit organization that operates the San Diego Zoo, the San Diego Zoos Wild Animal Park, and the department of Conservation and Research for Endangered Species (CRES). The Society was founded on October 2, 1916, by Harry M. Wegeforth, M.D. The 100-acre (40-hectare) Zoo is home to 4,000 rare and endangered animals representing more than 800 species and subspecies, and a prominent botanical collection with more than 700,000 exotic plants. It is located just north of downtown San Diego in Balboa Park. The Zoological Society of San Diego is a conservation, education, and recreation organization dedicated to the reproduction, protection, and exhibition of animals, plants, and their habitats.
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Submitted Jan 30, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was among the best known and widely read scientists of the late 20th century. A paleontologist and educator at Harvard University, Gould made his largest contributions to science as the leading spokes-person for evolutionary theory. His monthly columns in Natural History magazine and his popular works on evolution have earned him numerous awards and one of the largest readerships in the popular-science genre penning altogether over twenty successful books throughout his career.
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Submitted Jan 07, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits The mission of the Museum of Science, Boston is to stimulate interest in and further understanding of science and technology and their importance for individuals and for society. To accomplish this educational mission, the staff, volunteers, overseers and trustees of the Museum are dedicated to attracting the broadest possible spectrum of participants, and involving them in activities, exhibits and programs.
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Submitted Jan 07, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits The Field Museum was incorporated in the State of Illinois on September 16, 1893 as the Columbian Museum of Chicago with its purpose the "accumulation and dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating art, archaeology, science and history." The Field Museum was founded to house the biological and anthropological collections assembled for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. These objects form the core of the Museum's collections which have grown through world-wide expeditions, exchange, purchase, and gifts to more than twenty million specimens. The collections form the foundation of the Museum's exhibition, research and education programs, which are further informed by a world-class natural history library of more than 250,000 volumes.
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Submitted Jan 07, 2006 to Science Museums and Exhibits Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan. ADW is a large searchable encyclopedia of the natural history of animals. Every day, thousands of classroom students and informal visitors use it to answer animal questions. Other sites specialize in local, endangered, or particular kinds of animals. We aim to be as comprehensive as possible. ADW provides a way to make the contents of research museums available globally for teaching and research. So far, our efforts have been directed mainly at mammals. Photographs of scientific specimens are available for representative species from most mammal families. We've also included several hundred Quick Time Virtual Reality Movies of skulls. These allow the user to "rotate" the specimen, providing an excellent impression of its 3-dimensional structure. We've written in depth about and illustrated many of the characteristics of interest to students of mammals. An important goal for the future is to expand to cover other groups of animals and include other media such as animal behavior video.
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Submitted Dec 30, 2005 to Science Museums and Exhibits One of the most attractive features of fluid mechanics is the beauty of the flows one encounters. Whether one is observing vortex streets, the potential flow around an airfoil or body, shock refraction or diffraction, or waves breaking on a beach the aesthetic appeal of fluid mechanics is impossible to deny. Because of this visual appeal of all things fluid, many people have generated Fluid Flow Galleries; this is my version of the genre. The approach here is to include images, pictures, and animations illustrating a wide variety of phenomena. I've also added explanations and discussions of the physics. This is in keeping with my general view that the pictures are not only pretty, but they are an excellent opportunity to learn something about the frequently invisible world of physics.
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