The Museum's vast blue whale skeleton is more than just a specimen - it's a 4.5-tonne parcel of social history. The animal has been dead for more than 120 years, but the legend of the day it arrived ...

And over the years the giant has claimed a special place in the hearts of curators, conservators and other Museum staff. It took more than three years to prepare the blue whale for display in Hintze ...

I grew up visiting the American Museum of Natural History regularly, and a recent visit convinced me that it's still the best ...

That is why the huge creature that now awes visitors in the Sea Hall of the National Museum of Natural History-the second blue whale to be displayed there in this century-is not a stuffed whale.

Bickmore’s vision of establishing a natural history museum in New York ... It takes three days to clean the museum’s blue whale model. The blue whale is the largest animal to ever live on ...

This blue whale skull is one of the largest in ... a marine mammal specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The American public in the early 20th century was in the ...

Don’t try to navigate the American Museum of Natural History without a game ... dominated by the blue whale model that hangs from the ceiling. I’ve also included ticketing options, parking ...

four carved whale figures and 16 human skulls. Boas decided to acquire it for the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where he was a curator. He was driven by a concept known as “sal ...

Expect a drink on arrival, two after-dark tours, a two-course supper and breakfast, and free entry into the zoo for two days either side of your night's stay (which can also be used to visit Whipsnade ...

Until now, the blue whale was widely considered to ... of it,” recalled study co-author Eli Amson of the State Museum of ...

"Wow" also works as a response when Pollard tells his own story of how he landed in Blue Earth and why he dedicated himself to creating a natural history museum here. Pollard has been collecting ...