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Exploration and Discovery: Treasures of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
David K Skelly
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Description for Exploration and Discovery: Treasures of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Paperback. In celebration of the Peabody's 150th anniversary year, a gorgeously illustrated tour of the museum's renowned scientific collections Num Pages: 136 pages, 48 b/w + 146 color illus. BIC Classification: JHM; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 281 x 12. Weight in Grams: 526.
In celebration of the Peabody’s 150th anniversary year, a gorgeously illustrated tour of the museum’s renowned scientific collections
Founded in 1866 with a generous gift from international financier George Peabody, the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University has for 150 years acquired, studied, protected, and displayed its ever-expanding collections. Among the museum’s 13,000,000 items are iconic fossils, striking ethnographic pieces, historical flora, and extinct species—a remarkable record of the history of Earth, its life, and its cultures. More than mere curios, these objects represent key cornerstones in our understanding of the natural world. Taken together, the ... Read more
In celebration of the Peabody’s 150th anniversary year, a gorgeously illustrated tour of the museum’s renowned scientific collections
Founded in 1866 with a generous gift from international financier George Peabody, the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University has for 150 years acquired, studied, protected, and displayed its ever-expanding collections. Among the museum’s 13,000,000 items are iconic fossils, striking ethnographic pieces, historical flora, and extinct species—a remarkable record of the history of Earth, its life, and its cultures. More than mere curios, these objects represent key cornerstones in our understanding of the natural world. Taken together, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
New Haven, CT, United States
ISBN
9781933789057
SKU
V9781933789057
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About David K Skelly
David K. Skelly is director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History and Frank R. Oastler Professor of Ecology, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University. He lives in Madison, CT. Thomas J. Near is curator of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, associate professor in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Master of Saybrook ... Read more
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