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Natural History
Natural history is the research and study of organisms including plants or animals in their environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.
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I wonder if we are seeing a return to the object in the science-based museum. Since any visitor can go to a film like Jurassic Park and see dinosaurs reawakened more graphically than any museum could emulate, maybe a museum should be the place to have an encounter with the bony truth. Maybe some children have overdosed on simulations on their computers at home and just want to see something solid--a fact of life.
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― Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
― Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
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If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and acknowleges I am there, then goes back to what it was doing.
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― The Backyard Bird Chronicles
― The Backyard Bird Chronicles
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