Natural History and Natural Science

Resources in this category:

Albany Museum
http://www.ru.ac.za/affiliates/am/

"Today the Museum houses permanent collections of freshwater invertebrates, terrestrial insects (most notably wasps and bees), freshwater fishes, plants (in an extensive herbarium ), birds, fossils, rocks and minerals, ethnographic and Late Stone Age and Early Iron Age material amounting to more than two million specimens in all."

American International Rattlesnake Museum
http://www.rattlesnakes.com/

Check out this museum devoted to rattlers in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/

The American Museum of Natural History is a New York Treasure. It is about as big as a city block, and it contains four floors of relics from ancient civilizations, stuffed african mammals, a model of a blue whale, the IMAX theater, and the famous dinosaur bones set in intimidating positions. The diversity of the museum overwhelms even the most avid science buff.

The American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition 1909-1915
http://diglib1.amnh.org/index2.html

Materials relating to the 1909-1915 expedition of Herbert Lang and James Chapin to the Belgian Congo, including maps, photographs, watercolors and music. Also includes a collection of recordings made by the filmmaker Armand Denis in 1934-5. "They were among the first recordings made of the sounds of the central Congo."

The Bell Museum of Natural History
http://www.bellmuseum.org/

"The Bell Museum's exhibits encourage exploration and convey the wonder of nature, the excitement of science, and the importance of research and conservation of the natural world."

Brooklyn Children's Museum
http://www.bchildmus.org/

"BCM continues to grow and change, to keep pace with an ever changing world and the unique needs of children as it enters the twenty-first century. "

The Calvert Marine Museum
http://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/

"The Calvert Marine Museum is a public, non-profit, educational, regionally oriented museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, research, and interpretation of the culture and natural history of Southern Maryland"

Carnegie Museum of Natural History
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/

"Carnegie Museum of Natural History conducts scientific inquiry that creates knowledge and promotes stewardship of Earth and its life; builds strategic collections to preserve evidence of that knowledge; and engages the public in the excitement of scientific discovery about the evolutionary, environmental, and cultural processes that shape the diversity of our world and its inhabitants. "

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
http://www.cmnh.org/

"We encourage people of all ages to discover and explore the natural world. Our curators care for over a million specimens in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany, geology, paleontology, zoology and wildlife biology."

Connecticut State Museum of Natural History at the University of Connecticut
http://www.mnh.uconn.edu/

"The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History at the University of Connecticut is a small museum with big events. The Museum offers exciting and unique ways of learning about nature and culture. The Museum serves the University's academic mission, UConn students, the UConn community, and the people of the state. The Museum preserves the natural heritage of Connecticut and enhances science education for people of all ages. "

The Dallas Museum of Natural History
http://www.dallasdino.org/

"The Dallas Museum of Natural History is the only collections-based, research-driven public natural history museum in the region. With working archaeologists and paleontologists on staff, the museum not only repackages and interprets scientific knowledge but actively expands its frontiers."

The Florida Museum of Natural History
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/

"The Florida Museum of Natural History, located at the University of Florida, is Florida's state museum of natural history, dedicated to understanding and preserving biological diversity and cultural heritage."

FOSSILS! Behind the Scenes at the Museum
http://www.rom.on.ca/schools/fossils/game.php

Compare fossils and the items that made them at this online activity site from the Royal Ontario Museum.

The Harvard Museum of Natural History
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/

"The HMNH galleries presenting both permanent and changing exhibitions that draw from the collections of the parent museums. Exhibition highlights include the unique Glass Flowers collection, the historic Hall of Mammals, Romer Hall of Vertebrate Paleontology, and extraordinarily comprehensive displays of minerals, rocks, ores and meteorites."

The Heard Natural Science Museum
http://www.heardmuseum.org/

"The Museum has over one dozen permanent exhibit areas covering subjects as diverse as the history of Miss Bessie Heard, seashells, gems and minerals, and natural science. There are also live animal exhibits inside and outside the museum."

The Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum
http://hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca/lobby.html

"Welcome to the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum. The principle objective of this museum is to provide a state-of-the-art summary of items of geological interest, emphasizing areas currently being studied by our students and research faculty." Visit this site to view a growing collection of natural history exhibits created by Carleton University faculty and students. Current exhibits include fossils, evolution and extinction, archaeology and anthropology, climate change, microorganisms, invertebrates, dinosaurs, mammals, theoretical paleontology and more.

The International Wildlife Museum
http://www.thewildlifemuseum.org/

"The International Wildlife Museum does not collect animals from the wild for its displays. Our specimens are donated to us. In addition, we have a number of historically important collections, which have been entrusted to the museum."

Jeju-Do Folklore and Natural History Museum
http://210.104.87.69/Folk_Museum/intro.asp

"Jeju island's nature and culture can be seen through the exhibition : a Jeju Islander's life-span including birth, marriage, the sixtieth birthday, funeral and memorial service ; the formation process of Jeju island ; folklore relics of garments, meals and housing. Moreover, the natural history exhibition hall shows the geographical and petrological features, marine organism, animals and plants."

Koke'e Natural History Museum
http://www.aloha.net/%7Ekokee/

"Koke'e Natural History Museum is a little museum with heart open 365 days a year. Koke'e Museum provides interpretive programs and exhibitions about Kaua'i' s ecology, geology and climatology. Kokee's Museum also provides basic information on trail conditions in Waimea Canyon and Koke'e State Parks."

Museo di Storia Naturale
http://www.unipv.it/webbio/cismu/bamusei.htm

This museum is a natural science museum.

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
http://www.mncn.csic.es./

"The National Museum of Natural Sciences is a unique institution within the Superior Council of Scientific Investigations (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) that not only carries out cutting edge scientific research and manages an important collection of specimens, it also develops activities and educational activities directed toward the general public."

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
http://www.mnhn.fr/

This museum is a national history museum.

The Museum of Jurassic Technology
http://www.mjt.org/

"The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California is an educational institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic."

Museum of Natural History
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh

"Today some of these observations are being collected again to help scientists study how our climate has changed. This innovative site lets you submit data and create distribution maps and graphs."

The Natural History Museum
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

"The Natural History Museum is the UK's national museum of natural history, and a centre of scientific excellence in taxonomy and biodiversity."

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
http://www.nhm.org/

"The mission of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is to inspire wonder, discovery and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds."

The natural history museum of the Adirondacks
http://www.adknature.org/

This museum was built to inspire a broad public understanding of the natural systems that shape and sustain life in the Adirondacks.

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/

"You will find about 400 photos of the objects displayed under the heading of Schausammlung / displayed collections."

Osaka Museum of Natural History
http://www.mus-nh.city.osaka.jp/

This museum is one of Natural hisory museums.

Osaka Museum of Natural History
http://www.mus-nh.city.osaka.jp/

This museum is one of Natural hisory museums.

Oxford University Museum of Natural History
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/

"The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses the University's scientific collections of zoological, entomological, geological, palaeontological and mineralogical specimens, accumulated in the course of the last three centuries. "

Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University
http://www.peabody.yale.edu/

"The collections include tens of thousands of types (the original specimens used when a new species of plant or animal was first described to science)."

Provincial Museum of Alberta
http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/

"In the galleries and exhibitions of The Provincial Museum of Alberta you can explore the natural and human history of Alberta. Through 40,000 square feet of exhibits you can visit the mountains, prairies, forests and parklands of the Province. Discover plants and animals from the past and present or examine gems, minerals, and precious metals."

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
http://www.kew.org/

Provides information about visiting Kew gardens and Wakehurst Place, as well as links to extensive historical and scientific information about the gardens and the specimens they contain.

Royal Tyrrell Museum Tour
http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/

Take a tour through the dinosaur and fossil exhibits of this museum in Alberta, Canada. The exhibit continues through the Ice Age and into the age of mammals. There's lots of photographs of real dinosaur skeletons and fossils. Make sure you visit the T-Rex!

Schiele Museum
http://www.schielemuseum.org/

"The Schiele Museum offers exceptional opportunities for families and visitors of all ages to see the region's rocks and minerals, hills and rivers, plants and animals with fresh wonder. You also can learn what connects this to all the past and present peoples of the Carolinas' Piedmont."

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
http://www.mnh.si.edu/

Take a virtual tour of this museum, discover things from Anthropology to Zoology, learn about their exhibits, and even explore a few online exhibits.

Sue at the Field Museum
http://www.fmnh.org/sue/

Sue is the largest and most complete T-rex skeleton and she's going to be at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. If you can't go to Chicago, visit her on the Web!

Trailside Museum of Natural History
http://www.museum.unl.edu/trailside/

"View paleontology and geology exhibits on Nebraska's rich fossil history. See rare fossils from western Nebraska, including a giant mammoth, fossil rhino and giant tortoise."

University of Alberta Museum of Zoology
http://www2.biology.ualberta.ca/uamz.hp/uamz.html

"The Museum of Zoology's Ichthyological Collection consists of over 7,400 lots of more than 200,000 specimens representing 40 Orders and over 200 Families. Most of the specimens are preserved in alcohol with a number of mounted skeletons and cleared and stained specimens."

University of California Museum of Paleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

Look at extensive on-line exhibits and educational units that illustrate the history of life on Earth. An on-line catalog provides access to the Museum's enormous collections, the 4th largest in America. Also, see the kinds of research facilities a paleontologist uses.

The University of Kansas Natural History Museum Division of Entomology
http://ron.nhm.ukans.edu/ksem/

"During most of its history, and certainly during the last 50 years, the entomological collections housed in the Snow Entomological Museum (SEM) at the University of Kansas have been among the most active and important of the university-based collections in the Midwestern United States. "

The University of Oregon Museum of Natural History
http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/

"The University of Oregon Museum of Natural History unfolds mysteries about the natural sciences and human cultures past and present – from backyard birds and native trees to obsidian tools and cedar baskets. "

The Virtual Museum of Natural History
http://www.curator.org/

"The Virtual Museum of Natural History (VMNH), a non-profit scientific and educational organization, operates to provide data and access to data about the earth¹s biodiversity to researchers ranging from grade-school children to professional biologists."

Virtual Museum of Nautical Archaeology
http://ina.tamu.edu/vm.htm

Resource on the under-the-ocean findings of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Includes maps and historical narratives of several shipwrecks as well as images of the artifacts recovered.