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A Natural Curiosity

The Story of the Bell Museum
BuchGebunden
400 Seiten
Englisch
University of Minnesota Presserschienen am26.04.2022
A richly illustrated tour of Minnesota´s premier natural history museum after 150 years  From its humble start in 1872 as a one-room cabinet of curiosities, the University of Minnesota´s Bell Museum of natural history has grown to be one of the state´s most important cultural institutions. Within its walls are displayed the natural wonders of Minnesota and the world beyond, a standing invitation to explore, understand, and appreciate our natural environment-and, for visitors of all ages, both seasoned observers and curious onlookers, to experience the delight of discovery. A Natural Curiosity is a tale well told, a lively ride across 150 years of important scientific advancement. Drawing on a wealth of materials unearthed during the museum´s recent move to its new building, this gorgeously illustrated book chronicles the remarkable discoveries, moments, and personalities that have made the Bell Museum what it is today. Among the stories of ornithologists, botanists, tycoons, and conservationists, readers will encounter the magnificent dioramas created by renowned artist Francis Lee Jaques, the adventures behind some of the Bell´s more curious specimens (like the bones of Philippine orangutans and moonrats, a high-flying moose, and a simple fungi sample that saved a man´s life), and the dramatic accounts of the critical advances made by the museum in wildlife telemetry, conservation biology, and scientific learning-all in defense of our planet´s threatened biodiversity. In a photographic finale, readers will be treated to a tour of the new, reimagined museum, complete with the planetarium that inspired one Minnesota boy to become a NASA astronaut.From its conception as part of a state-mandated geological and natural history survey, to its most recent ventures into technology, environmental science, and DNA sequencing, the Bell Museum has informed, explained, and expanded our relationship to the natural world. Its story, engagingly told in A Natural Curiosity, reveals and explores the profound changes undergone by society, science, and the natural landscape over the museum´s lifetime.mehr

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KlappentextA richly illustrated tour of Minnesota´s premier natural history museum after 150 years  From its humble start in 1872 as a one-room cabinet of curiosities, the University of Minnesota´s Bell Museum of natural history has grown to be one of the state´s most important cultural institutions. Within its walls are displayed the natural wonders of Minnesota and the world beyond, a standing invitation to explore, understand, and appreciate our natural environment-and, for visitors of all ages, both seasoned observers and curious onlookers, to experience the delight of discovery. A Natural Curiosity is a tale well told, a lively ride across 150 years of important scientific advancement. Drawing on a wealth of materials unearthed during the museum´s recent move to its new building, this gorgeously illustrated book chronicles the remarkable discoveries, moments, and personalities that have made the Bell Museum what it is today. Among the stories of ornithologists, botanists, tycoons, and conservationists, readers will encounter the magnificent dioramas created by renowned artist Francis Lee Jaques, the adventures behind some of the Bell´s more curious specimens (like the bones of Philippine orangutans and moonrats, a high-flying moose, and a simple fungi sample that saved a man´s life), and the dramatic accounts of the critical advances made by the museum in wildlife telemetry, conservation biology, and scientific learning-all in defense of our planet´s threatened biodiversity. In a photographic finale, readers will be treated to a tour of the new, reimagined museum, complete with the planetarium that inspired one Minnesota boy to become a NASA astronaut.From its conception as part of a state-mandated geological and natural history survey, to its most recent ventures into technology, environmental science, and DNA sequencing, the Bell Museum has informed, explained, and expanded our relationship to the natural world. Its story, engagingly told in A Natural Curiosity, reveals and explores the profound changes undergone by society, science, and the natural landscape over the museum´s lifetime.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-5179-1036-5
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum26.04.2022
Seiten400 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 230 mm, Höhe 256 mm, Dicke 26 mm
Gewicht1293 g
Artikel-Nr.58099819

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
ContentsForewordFord W. BellIntroductionBell Museum Timeline1. A Museum is Born, 1872-1940Documenting Minnesota: The Geological and Natural History SurveyThe Menage Expedition: How Orangutan Bones Landed in the Bell Museum CollectionsJosephine Tilden: Paving the Way for Women in ScienceT. S. Roberts: Naturalist, Doctor, DirectorMaking a Museum for the Public: The Early Dioramas2. Growing an Institution, 1920s-1950sThe Many Talents of Walter BreckenridgeEarly Public Education: Reaching the whole people . . . James Ford Bell: The Man Behind the NameHeyday of the Dioramas: Windows into NatureTaking Flight: The Artistic Journey of Francis Lee Jaques3. Wildlife Explorations, 1940s-1980sAt the Poles: Arctic and Antarctic ResearchThe Bride Wore . . . Boots?Migrations: The Life and Times of Dwain WarnerTracking Nature: The Rise of Wildlife TelemetryMystery of the Missing Toads4. The Museum in the Environmental Era, 1960s-1990sTouch and See: Pioneering Hands-On LearningPublic Programs: From Education to EngagementInterpreting Nature: The Student Guide ProgramFrom Student Guide to College ProfessorMaking Movies: Reaching a Bigger AudienceHoneybees on the Roof: Sweetening Science EducationWidening the Inquiry: Bringing together Ecology, Evolution, and BehaviorNature vs Nurture: Frank McKinney and the Evolution of Animal BehaviorMinnesota´s Rarest: Naming the State´s Endangered Flora and FaunaFlight of the Peregrine: Bud Tordoff and the Return of an Endangered SpeciesArt and Natural History: The Evolution of a LegacyScience through the Lens of Art: Resident Artists at the BellChange Comes to the Eternal Museum: Temporary and Traveling Exhibits5. Rediscovering the Collections, 1980s-2022Collections offer Clues to Environmental ChallengesA Botanical Treasure: The University of Minnesota HerbariumThe DNA Revolution Comes to the Bell MuseumRe-thinking the Tree of LifeBell Museum Scientists on the Global StageBiodiversity Research: Understanding Life´s Threatened Diversity100 Years Later: Minnesota Updates its Natural History SurveyCollections Go Online6. A Museum for the Twenty-first Century, 1990s-2022Saving an Endangered Museum: Surviving and Thriving in a University SettingFrom the Earth to the Cosmos: The Journey of Minnesota´s PlanetariumThe Ride of His LifeThe Road to a Re-Imagined MuseumDesigning with Nature: The Bell Museum´s New HomeMoving Minnesota: Dioramas in a New HabitatThe Experience: A Journey through TimeAfterwordDenise YoungAcknowledgmentsAppendixesThe Bell DioramasSelect Exhibitions at the Bell MuseumPublications of the Bell MuseumSelect ReferencesContributorsIndexmehr

Autor

Lansing Shepard is a writer who specializes in conservation, environmental policy, and natural history. He is coauthor of This Perennial Land: Third Crops, Blue Earth, and the Road to a Restorative Agriculture and author of the Northern Plains volume of The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America series. He has written for the Bell Museum's IMPRINT publication, contributed to exhibition scripts, and coauthored the television documentary Minnesota: A History of the Land.

Don Luce is Bell Museum Curator of Exhibits. For more than forty years he has curated most of the museum's temporary exhibitions, including Exploring Evolution, The Lion's Mane, Wildlife Art in America, and Audubon and the Art of Birds. He initiated the Bell's traveling exhibitions program, developed and expanded its natural history art collection, and played a key role in the conception and design of the new museum's permanent exhibit gallery, Minnesota Journeys.

Barbara Coffin has promoted the conservation and understanding of Minnesota's natural world throughout her career. She is the former head of media productions and adult programs at the Bell Museum and played an important role in the design of the new museum's exhibit galleries. She is executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning television documentary Minnesota: A History of the Land and coeditor of Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna (Minnesota, 1988).

Gwen Schagrin has worked in exhibits research, design, and production at the Bell Museum since 1992, contributing to the museum's Wildlife Art in America publication and the preservation and management of its wildlife art collection. She served as special exhibitions assistant curator for Audubon and the Art of Birds and was a coauthor of its exhibition guidebook.
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