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International Archives Day - June 9, 2011

Posted 06/06/2012 by Library | Comments
June 9, 2011 is International Archives Day! Today we reach out to our community to remind them of the importance of archival collections, and to encourage them to learn through the study of the primary sources we preserve. We are celebrating this year with the debut of our blog, which will fe…
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The Egg Craters! Take 2

Posted 06/04/2012 by John Demboski | Comments

The redhead duck egg clutch we saw in the last installment of "The Egg Craters" is shown above. Zoology department volunteer Alika Brooks designed and fabricated this hand-made "egg crate" to properly house the 36 eggs in this set. The box is made from acid-free cardboard and the eggs …
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Cool Stuff in Image Archives-China and Japan 1870-1910

Posted 05/24/2012 by Library | Comments

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 | Comments
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 | Comments

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 | Comments

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 | Comments

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 | Comments

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 | Comments
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 Library | Comments

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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