National Museum of Natural History

The sudden discovery of a natural hot spring along the shoulder of the Sulphur Mountain, by three railway workers, lead to the creation of Canada’s oldest National Park, Banff National Park. Banff National Park is located in the province of Alberta and was established in the Rocky Mountains in 1855.. Upon the discovery, the Canadian Pacific Railway recognized the vast tourism potential and saw a future for the development of tourism in Banff. Therefore, Canada established a federal reserve…

Museums are an important educational tool as they offer visitors a wide range learning abilities???. Museums such as the National World War I Museum offer a variety of objects that assist people in learning about significant and interesting themes about certain events. Museums are also conducive to different learning styles and environments. The National World War I Museum offers a range of artifacts and objects to aid the visitors in understanding important themes of World War I and also…

discussing medical museums which include more human tissue, as opposed to other human remains that a wide variety of history and archaeological collections hold. Many of these important texts are written by Dr. Samuel Alberti, who once was the Director of Museums and Archives at the Royal College of Surgeons and currently works at the National Museums of Scotland (NMS). These texts, such as Samuel Alberti’s “Morbid Curiosities: Medical Museums in Nineteenth-Century Britain” and “Medical…

it was named Golden's bacon turtle, or Arvinachelys golden. Usually, turtles have one nasal passage in their skulls because of how fleshy their nostrils are. Arvinachelys golden was found by a team from Natural History Museum of Utah and discovered the fossil at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. In addition, this turtle also had a near completed forelimb, partial hindlimbs, and vertebrae from the neck and tail, unlike any other turtle ever recorded. Since Earth was somewhat wet…

events such as the Calgary Stampede. Tourism – The interior plains are home to many tourist attractions. For example, the Calgary Stampede, as mentioned, is one of the popular attractions in the interior plains region. In addition, there are numerous national parks, such as…

most remarkable geographical areas where the various natural and cultural resources offer major tourism attractions. Basically, the Southeast Asian Country of Indonesia consists of more than 17,000 tropical and volcanic islands that straddle the equator between the Indian and pacific oceans. Indonesia is a home to more than 300 ethnic groups with approximately 500 spoken languages and dialects. Indonesia is well known with a unique culture, natural beaches, beautiful scenery and also great…

things to do in London London, the English capital, is a city of freebies. London has many world-class museums that offer free admission as well as spectacular parks and breathtaking landmarks. You can also visit some of Europe’s most popular churches and busy markets for free in London. Here are ten free things to do in London The British Museum The British Museum is one of the most popular museums in the world, and it provides free entry to all its visitors. It is full of rare artifacts dating…

Maxwell’s Museum of Anthropology was a rather interesting museum that holds plenty of material culture backed by really interesting information. I recently had the opportunity to visit Maxwell’s Museum of Anthropology on November 26, 2016 and it was quite the wonderful and informative experience. Maxwell’s Museum of Anthropology holds rather interesting material culture, such as preserves from archaeological sites as well as artifacts that primitive individuals had used to hunt and gather as…

applies entirely different medias; however, both aim to achieve a sense of Scottish national identity. In Leviathan Elegy, there are three dimensional works combined together to construct an almost museum-like display in a manner of natural history exhibit, which can be seen in the labeling of the sculptural forms with single letter A from letter G in the top panel. These labels resemble that of the natural history museums that are used to define orthodox narrative or absolute classification. He…

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian share a nearly parallel background. The portrayal of their stories varies between their architectures, their choice in disclosure, and their overall messages. Though they may have similar stories, the way they have been represented is what separates them miles apart. As soon as a visitor steps ground on the sidewalk leading to The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum they can see the building is…