Hi everybody,
If anybody's working on Denver articles, check out this new publication from the DMNS
on its own history! I've never been to the DMNS, but if you think it's worth
organising a trip to or to see if we could get backstage access, we could give it a shot!
New article:
From: <Frank.Krell(a)dmns.org>
Subject: [Taxacom] History of the Denver Museum of Natural History
Date: 5 January, 2014 5:46:01 AM GMT+05:30
To: <taxacom(a)mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
To those interested in the history of natural history museums:
On 31 December 2013 a comprehensive history of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
has been published. Thirty-two authors have contributed to the 427 pages of the volume
that contains a summative history of the whole institution from the very beginning in
1897, and detailed, comprehensive histories of Exhibits, Education, and the Research and
Collections departments Zoology, Geology, Paleontology, Anthropology, Space Sciences, and
Health Sciences. It is illustrated with uncountable historical photos and illustrations,
many of them in color. This will be *the* reference on the Museum's history for a long
time, it looks nice, and it reads pretty well (I can say that since as the
Editor-in-Chief, I had to read the whole thing). The volume is number 4 of the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science Annals and available for free download at
http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-publications/.
It can be purchased at
lulu.com, in hardbound and paperback (links given on the
publications webpage). As it is in full color, it is not cheap, but probably worth it. We
produced a separate edition of the first chapter (summative history) which can also be
purchased at
lulu.com, in hardbound and paperback.
The Denver Museum will continue its remarkable journey with the opening of the Morgridge
Family Exploration Center in February 2014, a new 126,000 square feet state-of-the-art
collections and education facility. Stay tuned.
Happy New Year
Frank
Dr. Frank-T. Krell, DMNS Annals, Editor-in Chief
Curator of Entomology
Department of Zoology
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Boulevard
Denver, CO 80205-5798 USA
Frank.Krell(a)dmns.org
Phone: (+1) (303) 370-8244
Fax: (+1) (303) 331-6492
http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-scientists/frank-krell
lab page:
http://www.dmns.org/krell-lab
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science aspires to create a community of critical
thinkers who understand the lessons of the past and act as responsible stewards of the
future.
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