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8 article(s) for May 2012
Cool Stuff in Image Archives-China and Japan 1870-1910
Posted 05/24/2012 by
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Expedition to China & Japan 1870-1911
A wooden crate containing 34 boxes of glass and nitrate negatives was shipped from an unknown source to the Museum in 1985. The crate indicated a date of 1907, but paper found inside the crate was dated 1870. The images are of a trip taken …
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Big NSF grant for Entomology Collection
Posted 05/23/2012 by
Frank Krell
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Great success for the DMNS Entomology Program! We received over $ 360.000 from NSF to support "Uncrowding, Rehousing, and Digitization of the Insect Collection at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science". This grant will provide for a curatorial assistant for three years (David Bettman) and …
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The Egg Craters!
Posted 05/17/2012 by
John Demboski
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For nearly a century or more, most of the egg sets in the Zoology Department have been stored in open topped, single-walled, cardboard boxes. They were like fragile little sardines, clacking against one another; not the safest way to store eggs. The only difference is that unlike sardines, egg…
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March Sky Calendar 2012
Posted 05/08/2012 by
Marta Lindsay
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March Sky Calendar (pdf) Highlights this month's sky phenomena and celestial happenings with local dates and times. (Mountain time zone). 2012 Sky Calendars February January
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April Sky Calendar 2012
Posted 05/08/2012 by
Marta Lindsay
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April Sky Calendar (pdf) Highlights this month's sky phenomena and celestial happenings with local dates and times. (Mountain time zone). 2012 Sky Calendars March February January
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May Sky Calendar 2012
Posted 05/08/2012 by
Marta Lindsay
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May Sky Calendar (pdf) Highlights this month's sky phenomena and celestial happenings with local dates and times. (Mountain time zone). 2012 Sky Calendars April March February January
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Prep for Upcoming Temporary Exhibit
Posted 05/03/2012 by
Isabel Tovar
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We are working on a new temporary exhibit for the Weckbaugh case just outside of the entrance to the Crane North American Indian Hall. Remember the story about how we brought a 25 foot totem pole into the building as part of a new accession in 2011? If not, check out the link here. Several pie…
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Cool Stuff in the Image Archive--Expedition Field Truck
Posted 05/02/2012 by
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Museum Field Truck Ready to Go - 1927
Museum employee Frank Figgens sits in the driver's seat of a DMNS field truck outside of the Museum before heading out on an expedition sometime around 1927. Field trips took days and sometimes weeks, and stocking up on supplies was essential. N…
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