HERTFORDSHIRE.- The latest temporary exhibition at the Natural History Museum at Tring, The Thames Whale Story, opens on the 22 January. The exhibition marks the five-year anniversary of the now-famous northern bottlenose whale that found its way into …
New Dinosaur Hall to Create Landmark Experience at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA.-This summer, the much-anticipated new Dinosaur Hall opens to the public at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The large-scale permanent exhibition will be presented in two light-filled galleries – twice the size of …
The Famous Thames Whale Goes on Display at the Natural History Museum at Tring
HERTFORDSHIRE.- The latest temporary exhibition at the Natural History Museum at Tring, The Thames Whale Story, opens on the 22 January. The exhibition marks the five-year anniversary of the now-famous northern bottlenose whale that found its way into …
Unprecedented $13 Million Gift from the Otis Booth Foundation to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Kevin Sharer, Chairman, and Paul G. Haaga, President of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Board of Trustees of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, announced that the institution has received the largest pr…
Churchill, The Windsors and 420 Million Year Old Tree Trunk Star in Bonhams Gentleman’s Library Sale
LONDON.- What do one of Churchill’s cigars, a 35 million years old fossilised giant pig, a silver wheelbarrow presented to W.E. Gladstone, historic butterfly cabinets from the Natural History Museum and Christmas presents from the Duke and Duches…
Rival Collectors Historic Cabinets from Natural History Museum for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Historic cabinets from the Natural History Museum and, until very recently, home to some of the world’s greatest butterfly collections, are to be sold at Bonhams Gentleman’s Library Sale in London on 19 January 2011. For 80 years the…
Rival Collectors Historic Cabinets from Natural History Museum for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Historic cabinets from the Natural History Museum and, until very recently, home to some of the world’s greatest butterfly collections, are to be sold at Bonhams Gentleman’s Library Sale in London on 19 January 2011. For 80 years the…
Fossilized Hyena Dung Found Off Dutch Coast
AMSTERDAM (AP).- Researchers say a curled-up brown fossil dredged up off the Dutch coast is an ancient piece of hyena dung, the first found in the North Sea dating back to the Late Pleistocene era, 12,000-100,000 years ago. Jelle Reumer, director of t…
American Charged with Stealing Stuffed Birds in UK
LONDON (AP).- British police say they have arrested and charged an American man for stealing hundreds of rare bird skins from a British museum outside London. Detectives investigating the theft of nearly 300 brightly colored stuffed birds from the Natu…
Paraguay Denied Authorization for British Natural History Museum’s Scientific Expedition
ASUNCION (AP).- Paraguay denied authorization Monday for a British-led scientific expedition to catalog plants and animals in the country’s remote northern corner, saying there isn’t enough time to consult with relatives of nomadic Indians who try to …