Behind These Doors: Science Museum MakersDescribes the development of a science museum collection, how specimens are acquired and preserved, how an exhibit is prepared, and opportunities for a career in museum work. |
Contents
The Museum Makers | 9 |
Henry Ward Museum Supplier | 20 |
Early Taxidermy | 31 |
Copyright | |
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African Hall Akeley's Allosaurus American Museum ancient armature artists background painter barn swallows bird flight bones Brontosaurus building called Carl Akeley carrot cast catalog circus clay cleaned coat collection collector color commercial supply house curator dinosaur dinosaur skeleton director display dried eggs elephant expedition feathers feet Field Museum fish flowers fossils geologists giant gorilla habitat group Henry Ward Hornaday human skeleton Indian insects Jumbo jungle latex leaves life-size lifelike light look Louis Agassiz mammals manikin meteorites method mold mounted animals mounting birds Museum Makers Museum of Natural natural history museum ornithologist P. T. Barnum paleontology papier-mâché Peary photographs plants plaster plastic preparators reptiles Rochester rock Roy Chapman Andrews saber-toothed cat Science Museum scientific scientists seum sketches skin skull Smithsonian Institution specimens staff stuffed taxidermists taxidermy things tion train visitors wire York