For all the fellow fish-lovers out there, you must check out this article on a new exhibit of fish bones! Kyle Luckenbill of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia has been taking x-rays of fish specimens. The photos were so attractive, they are now displayed in an art exhibit.
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...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
It was a wonderful exhibit. As noted in the article, it has now been replaced by another gorgeous "Art of Science" show:
'The "Art of Science" series was started about 18 months ago with an exhibit of 200 year old botany drawings and pressings. The fish x-rays will be on display through the end of July, and will be followed by "A Many-Colored Glass: Ethereal Images of Microscopic Marine Life," an exhibit of colorized photomicrographs of diatoms which opens August 7.'