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  National Museum, Dublin - 1 2 Travel Ireland Travel Information Guide
The National Museum of Ireland is divided into three sections: the Collins Barracks Museum in Benburb Street, the archaeological museum in Kildare Street and the Natural History Museum in Merrion Street.
The National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks is Ireland's new national museum of decorative arts and economic, social, political and military history.
This marvelous zoological museum, described as one of the finest and fullest collections in the old cabinet style, still has the ability to inspire wonder and amazement in young and old alike.
www.12travel.co.uk /ie/Dublin/NationalMuseum.html   (378 words)

  
 Natural History Museum: Marketing & Communications - Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is a national leader in research, exhibitions and education.
Founded in 1913, it is one of the preeminent natural and cultural history museums in the United States, safeguarding more than 33 million specimens and artifacts in its collections.
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
www.nhm.org /news/machupicchu/inca.html   (1124 words)

  
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The Bombay Natural History Society was founded in 1883 for the purpose of exchanging notes and observations on natural history and exhibiting interesting specimens.
Today it is the largest non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the sub-continent engaged in the conservation of nature and natural resources, education and research in natural history, with members in over 30 countries.
www.toursforindia.com /destinations/maharashtra/bombaynaturalhistorymuseummumbai-tours.html   (186 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts | Museum may return to entry fees
Museum bosses have told MPs the extra volume of visitors is costing them £500,000 ($773,000) a year more than they receive in return for giving up charging.
The Natural History Museum was one of the few institutions that opposed Labour's policy of free access to nationally-funded museums.
Mrs Jowell said she believed the museum's financial problems were due, instead, to a drop in visitors to London since 11 September and the foot-and-mouth epidemic.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/2353785.stm   (349 words)

  
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Established in 1903, the Natural History Museum packs in it's folds a rich collection of fauna found in the Himalayas and in Bengal.
www.toursforindia.com /destinations/westbengal/naturalhistorymuseumdarjeeling-tours.html   (159 words)

  
 WWW Virtual Library: Museums around the world   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Museum of Natural Sciences, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Science, Brussels.
Museums of Natural History, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.
The National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau.
icom.museum /vlmp/world.html   (1076 words)

  
 Natural History Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
United Kingdom's national museum of natural history, and a centre of scientific excellence in taxonomy and biodiversity.
In the mid nineteenth century the natural history collections of the British Museum had outgrown the cramped and damp conditions they were then housed in, and a new museum was commissioned to provide appropriate accommodation for them.
The now famous Natural History Museum building in South Kensington, designed by Alfred Waterhouse, was completed and the collections re-housed in 1881.
www.architecture.com /go/Architecture/Reference/Links_1361.html   (95 words)

  
 Natural Selection: subject gateway to the natural world
The fossil vertebrate collection at the Museum includes over 9,500 specimens and is strong in fossil fish from the Devonian to the Pleistocene period.
The Museum Collection Navigator is a project of the Natural History Museum in London "to identify electronically the wide range of collections it holds".
With around 70 million specimens within its earth and life science collections, the Natural History Museum in London (formerly part of the British Museum) is one of the world's premier centres for taxonomy and systematics.
nature.ac.uk /browse/560.7441.html   (745 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Dublin's Dead Zoo - The Natural History Museum
Dublin's Natural History Museum is part of the National Museum of Ireland, which is divided between four locations, three situated in Dublin
Ireland doesn't have many native mammals, so rather than just presenting the animals in cases, scenes have been created: a family of foxes plays outside their den;
These were made by XXX in Germany in 19XX and are one of the highlights of the museum for the educated zoologist.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A5712275   (838 words)

  
 Constancea 83.15: SEAWEED COLLECTIONS AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (LONDON)
The collection from Great Britain and Ireland is comprehensive, largely as a result of the flowering of natural history activity involving collecting and taxonomic research, in the nineteenth century.
An important point in the history of the development of the BM algal collection was the amalgamation in 1970 of the BM and Kew (K) collections at BM.
Museum policy now requires collections to be accessioned electronically and additional resources have been made available to achieve this.
ucjeps.berkeley.edu /constancea/83/tittley/seaweed_bmnh.html   (5245 words)

  
 Museum of Natural History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In the Museum of Natural History’s Section of Amphibians and Reptiles.
Many of these teachers have now used museum materials and Milliken’s lessons, and their comments are guiding the final revision of the work.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History is the first U.S. museum to host a show by the newly formed GANA.
www.carnegiemuseums.org /cmag/bk_issue/1997/marapr/hilight1.htm   (563 words)

  
 Birds: The Art of Ornithology - Natural History Museum Publishing
The outstanding selection of images from the unrivalled collection of the Natural History Museum, some of them never reproduced before in a popular book, include exquisitely crafted works from some of the most famous natural history artists ever published.
They are complemented by detailed, lively text, which interweaves ornithological science, art history, biography, travel and other aspects of the subject to paint a vivid picture of the artists and the birds they painted, with fascinating details of the lives of both.
The Natural History Museum in London, is a repository for some of the most significant, exciting and comprehensive collections of natural science specimens, original artworks and literature to be found anywhere in the world.
tarantula.nhm.ac.uk /publishing/det_cobearbirds.html   (337 words)

  
 Internet Directory for Botany: Botanical Museums, Herbaria, Natural History Museums
Botanical Museum, University of Oslo, Norway: The Lichen Herbarium.
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, USA The Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is a research unit of the University of Oklahoma.
The University of Florida Herbarium is an integral unit in the Department of Natural Sciences of the Florida Museum of Natural History and is affiliated with the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, the Department of Botany and the Department of Plant Pathology.
www.ou.edu /cas/botany-micro/idb/botmus.html   (5870 words)

  
 National Museum of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Welcome to the National Museum of Ireland - the nation’s premier cultural institution and that with the strongest emphasis on Ireland’s art, material culture and natural history.
The National Museum of Ireland is currently organising a major new exhibition, due to open in late 2005, telling the stories of Irish soldiers, their families and Irish civilians affected by war, across 450 years of history.
As part of the centenary celebrations for Bloomsday on 16th June 2004, the National Museum of Ireland is displaying an important Burmese statue of the Reclining Buddha from its collections.
www.museum.ie   (394 words)

  
 FLMNH Press Release - Fla. Museum offers 'Green Machines' home school class April 11 - May 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Registration is $40 for Florida Museum members and $45 for non-members for the entire four-week series.
Registration forms can be found online at http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/education/classes/home_machines.htm and must mailed to Tiffany Ireland, Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 112710, Gainesville, FL 32611-2710, or hand-delivered to the museum in the University of Florida Cultural Plaza, located near the intersection of Southwest 34th Street and Hull Road.
The Florida Museum of Natural History is Florida's state natural history museum, dedicated to understanding, preserving and interpreting biological diversity and cultural heritage.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /news/2005/release_03-25-2005.htm   (278 words)

  
 Natural History Museum :: Cromwell Road, London, England, United Kingdom :: Glass Steel and Stone
M uch as the British Library is an offshoot of the British Museum, the Natural History Museum is, too, descended from the BM.
While a great deal of the collection included artifacts and such, some of it was elemental to the whole notion of what a “Natural History” museum is all about.
By the late 1800's, the BM's collection had grown so large that it was decided that a separate natural history museum was needed.
www.glasssteelandstone.com /BuildingDetail/287.php   (389 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts | Museums vie for £100,000 prize
London's Natural History Museum and The Discovery Point in Dundee are included on the first shortlist, which singles out inspiring exhibitions.
The Natural History Museum in London was recognised for its Darwin Centre Phase One, which was opened in September.
The Clifton Park Museum in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, is a project which trains communities to produce local exhibitions and oral history archives.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/2856069.stm   (343 words)

  
 Softguide Dublin | Culture
An archaeology and history museum, comprising 6 main collections: The Treasury, Ireland's Gold, Prehistoric Ireland, Viking Age Ireland, The Road to Independence, and Ancient Egypt.
This is the new national museum of history and of decorative arts, where state-of-the-art techniques are used in the display of the collections.
Opened in 1857 with a lecture by Dr David Livingstone, this is a zoological museum, illustrating mainly the wildlife of Ireland, and also including displays of African and Asian wildlife.
www.softguides.com /dublin/culture/museums.html   (737 words)

  
 Natural History Museum on Almondnet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Read about natural history museum in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
The National Museum of Ireland - Natural History has approximately ten thousand animals on...
The Natural History Museum is offering the opportunity to create your own digital print...
www.siuk.org.uk /schb/natural_history_museum.html   (299 words)

  
 Museum of Natual History
The National Museum of Ireland - Natural History has approximately ten thousand animals on display which have been drawn from the museum's collections of over two million specimens.
Today this zoological museum encompasses outstanding examples of wildlife from Ireland and the far corners of the globe, some still to be seen today and others long extinct.
In January, 2003 a new Giraffe-Spoticus, was added to the General Exhibition on the first floor of the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History.
www.museum.ie /naturalhistory   (151 words)

  
 Systematic Research Collections: Mollusca
Centered on the lifetime collection of one of the Museum's founders, Junius Henderson, it is the 14th largest collection of mollusks in the United States and perhaps the fourth largest in a university museum.
The subsequent history of the collection is largely a history of numerous expeditions and field trips in the Pacific, and of the acquisition of more than 30 major private collections, containing predominantly Pacific material.
When the National Museum became the museum of archaeology, ethnology and history in 1972, the reference specimens together with the zoology books of the museum were transferred to the National University of Singapore (then University of Singapore).
www.inhs.uiuc.edu /cbd/main/collections/mollusk_links/museumlist.html   (7923 words)

  
 museum
Photography and video is prohibited inside most of the museums so here are a few pictures from the accompanying literature and links to the relevant websites where you can peruse at your leisure.
The Natural History museum's official website is here and is part of the main National Museum of Ireland site which is here.
The Natural History is closed on Monday but is open 10:00-17:00 Tuesday-Saturday and 14:00-17:00 on Sunday.
www.online.i12.com /travel/04-dublin/museum.htm   (220 words)

  
 Permanent Exhibitions | American Museum of Natural History
The Hall explores the cultures of the South Pacific islands, which range from tiny stretches of land to the island continent of Australia and include Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia.
Made of wood and bark fibers, the masks represent specific spirits and are used in traditional dance ceremonies.
Originating in the 11th century, Javanese puppet theater is used as an educational tool to communicate information about religious tenets, moral codes, history, and myths.
www.amnh.org /exhibitions/permanent/culture/pacific.html   (156 words)

  
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In addition to the exhibits in the Natural History Museum, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 the staff are responsible for collections in storage on a number of sites in Dublin.
The contract position is intended to supply a service during absence of the permanent post holder on long-term leave.Format of the CompetitionSelection will be on the basis of a competitive interview.
It is the responsibility of candidates to make themselves available for interview at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin on the date arranged. This is intended only as a guide.
www.irishmuseums.org /NMI-TAN.doc   (220 words)

  
 Heritage Ireland - Natural History Museum (Dublin)
The Natural History Museum, which is part of The National Museum of Ireland, is a zoological museum containing diverse collections of world wildlife.
The Blaschka Collection consisting of glass reproductions of marine specimens, is one of the treasures of the museum.
For the complete Museum experience hop on the Museumlink bus to visit any of the locations of the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks, Kildare Street or Merrion Street.
www.heritageireland.ie /en/ArtsandCulture/DublinCityArea/NaturalHistoryMuseumDublin   (162 words)

  
 Crustacea Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Although my main employer is the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, I am also an adjunct professor at both USC and UCLA, where I have the opportunity to interact with faculty and graduate students.
Taylor Science Fund (Natural History Museum of L.A. County), Ecology and Natural History of the Land Crabs of the Revillagegedos Islands.
Martin, J. Natural history and morphology of aeglid crabs (Decapoda, Anomura) from Uruguay.
crustacea.nhm.org /people/martin   (5458 words)

  
 Natural History Museum - London - UK Travel Information Guide
A brilliant place for everyone to go, it is full of interesting interactive exhibitions about the natural world which enthral adults and children alike.
From the moment you enter the building you're caught up in the entire place; the monstrous dinosaur skeleton in the main hallway is just an indication of what you're about to see...
The museum is divided into two separate parts: the Life Galleries and the Earth Galleries.
www.12travel.com /uk/london/museums/nathismu.html   (330 words)

  
 Armagh County Museum : Homepage : Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland
Located near the centre of St Patrick's cathedral city, a visit to Armagh County Museum is an ideal way to experience a flavour of the orchard county.
The unique character of the Museum's architecture make it one of the most distinctive buildings in the city.
With a range of changing exhibitions throughout the year, the Museum is an ideal place to see and explore the fair county of Armagh.
www.armaghcountymuseum.org.uk   (162 words)

  
 History museum building is the biggest fossil of all - Irish Architectural News [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
May 6 2001: History museum building is the biggest fossil of all
When is a museum a museum of a museum?
Thanks to an absence of investment, Ireland's Natural History Museum in Merrion Street, Dublin, has, by default, become a unique national treasure.
www.irish-architecture.com /news/2001/000122.htm   (186 words)

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