03374cam a2200421 a 4500 18542571 BD-DhUL 20161208190646.0 150326s2004 dcua 000 0 eng c 2003057377 GBA4Y2977 bnb 1588341097 (alk. paper) 9781588341099 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocm52575851 DLC eng YUS DLC YDX BAKER BTCTA YDXCP UKM EXW BDX TXMAR OCLCF OCLCO OCLCA OCLCQ DLC BD-DhUL pcc n-us-dc QH70.U6 O34 2004 572 PEE Official guide to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Books, 1969. vii, 158 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Welcome to the Museum -- National Museum of Natural History: Where Wonders Never Cease -- The Architecture of Excellence -- Once Upon a Museum -- Building the Collections -- Spencer Fullerton Baird: The Passionate Collector -- Outgrowing the Attic -- Collecting for the Future -- Learning from the Collections -- Why Do We Need So Many Beetles? -- The Museum Today -- The Online Museum -- Behind the Scenes -- Wonders to Come -- For Openers -- The Kenneth E. Behring Family Rotunda -- Constitution Avenue Lobby -- Olmec Colossal Head -- The Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals -- The Hope Diamond -- The Harry Winston Gallery -- The National Gem Collection -- Minerals and Gems Gallery -- Mine Gallery -- Rocks Gallery -- Plate Tectonics Gallery -- Moon, Meteorites, and Solar System Gallery -- Fossils: The History of Life -- The Earliest Traces of Life -- Grand Opening: Fossils Galore -- Life in the Ancient Seas -- Conquest of Land -- Reptiles: Masters of Land -- Triceratops -- FossiLab -- Mammals in the Limelight -- Ice Age Mammals -- Biology Halls -- O. Orkin Insect Zoo -- The Smithsonian Butterlly Garden -- Bones -- Two Ocean Giants -- Reptiles and Amphibians -- Birds of the District of Columbia -- Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals -- Meet One of Your Oldest Relatives -- Anthropology Halls -- Emergence of Man -- African Voices -- Asian Cultures -- Sikh Heritage Gallery -- Pacific Cultures -- Native Cultures of the Americas -- South America: Continent and Culture -- Origins of Western Cultures. Presents an illustrated guide to the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC and includes over two hundred color photographs of mammals, fossils, gems and minerals, and ancient cultures of the world. National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Guidebooks. National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) fast (OCoLC)fst00528243 Natural history museums Washington (D.C.) Guidebooks. Natural history museums. fast (OCoLC)fst01034350 Washington (D.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01204505 Guidebooks. fast (OCoLC)fst01423871 Smithsonian Institution. 7 cbc pccadap 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK rl06 2015-03-26 z-processor rl00 2015-03-26 to SMA 133359 133359 0 0 ddc 0 572_000000000000000_PEE 0 NFIC 250615 DUL DUL GEN 2016-12-08 572 PEE A137765 2016-12-08 2016-12-08 BK