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Module 2.4 Natural History Museum

The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

Elder Sanchez

The Smithsonian

Virtual Tour Section

  • United States National Museum founded in 1846 as part of the Smithsonian Institution
  • National Museum of Natural History opened in 1910 to provide the Institute with more available space for collections and research
  • The museum's collections contain over 145 million specimens, the largest natural history collection in the world.
  • It has about 185 professional natural history scientists, the largest group of scientists dedicated to the study of natural and cultural history in the world.

Evolutionary Exhibits

Evolutionary Exhibits

  • The Smithsonian includes an exhibit dedicated to the origins and evolutionary process of human beings
  • This area includes items such as Lucy, a very ealy ancestor of the hominid species, the social life and tools used by early humans, and various skeletons of different hominid species

Evolutionary Evidence

Evolutionary Evidence

  • The various fossils featured within the exhibits show that species gradually change over long periods of time
  • Fossils also demonstrate physical traits shared between organisms due a common ancestor
  • The area and environment can influence the evolution of a species to better adapt to their environment

Regional Fossils

Regional Fossils

  • The fossils featured in the Smithsonian of the Tyrannosaurus rex and the Triceratops where found in mid-west America
  • The oldest fossil on display (for virtual tour) is of the T-rex at the fossil being over 65 million years old

Museum Experience

The musuem offers various amounts of learning experiences through visual examples along with various information on different exhibits. The exhibits provide educational lessons by allowing the visitors to learn through a physical and interactive learning experience with many exhibits featuring different kinds of subjects and information to learn about.

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