Just came across this snapshot of an exhibit panel from the Science Museum of Minnesota's exhibit on race.
SMM Race Exhibit Panel addressing the common misconception that a forensic anthropologist can look at a skull and accurately attribute "race." (photo by Greg Laden)
More like this
...make sure you check out the Darwin exhibit and the ant exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History.
One of the things that has puzzled me about natural history/science museums are the mineralogy exhibits. They really don't seem to be about anything other than "OOH! SHINY PEBBLE!" Mind you, they often have some very cool and shiny pebbles, but contrast them to paleontology exhibits.
The Science Museum of Minnesota recently developed an exhibit called "
One of the cool perks of being a scienceblogger and going to a meetup this year was the opportunity to go and see the Horse Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural His
Hehehe. That's why when I see reports on human remains that claim something like "white male" I just roll my eyes and groan - the "male" part is easy to determine (for adolescent and adult specimens anyway) from a good specimen of the pelvic girdle but any pronouncements of white/red/pinko/yellow/black/brown is nonsense.