Archaeology in the Rock and Pelican Lake Area of South-Central Manitoba

1945 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Vickers
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Lake Area ◽  
National Museum ◽  
South Central ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Trained Personnel ◽  
University Of Manitoba ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

The notes which follow are the work of an amateur. I am fully aware of the possibility that all of the conclusions, speculations, and suggestion s contained in them may be refuted by further inquiry. This would not be unwelcome, for the main reason for compiling the material was the hope that some day The National Museum of Canada and the various scientific institutions in the province would attack the intriguing problems of our archaeology. The University of Manitoba, The Manitoba Museum Association, The Manitoba Historical Society, The Natural History Society, The Government of the Province of Manitoba, and others should be aware of the rich story of our past and should give earnest consideration to securing the necessary funds and properly trained personnel to interpret that story.

The waxworks by Angelo Maestri (1806–1889) preserved in the Museum of Natural History of the University of Pavia, Italy

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clementina Rovati ◽  
Fausto Barbagli ◽  
Carlo Violani
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Blood Circulation ◽  
Trichinella Spiralis ◽  
Italian Physician ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The University ◽  
Wax Models

A description is given of the waxworks made by the Italian physician Angelo Maestri (1806–1889), preparator, taxidermist and model-maker at the Museum of Natural History of Pavia University where the majority of his wax models are held today. Maestri's main works deal with the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the silkworm, the morphology of mushrooms and the poison fangs of snakes. He also made models of the life cycle of the nematode Trichinella spiralis and of the blood circulation in some vertebrates. Several preparations in wax by Maestri are held in other scientific institutions in Italy.

scholarly journals The St. Andrews Marine Laboratory (under the Fishery Board for Scotland)

1888 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-211
Author(s):  
Prof. McIntosh
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Rock Pools ◽  
Marine Animals ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Rich ◽  
A Site ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

St. Andrews as a site for the study of marine animals has a reputation probably at least as ancient as the foundation of its University (the oldest Scottish, viz. 1411), for amongst the early records of the latter allusion is made to the marvels of the sea and its inhabitants as a means for improving the minds of its students. For a long time, however, no special lectures on natural history were given. The scientific advantages of the situation, indeed, were first prominently recognised by Edward Forbes and the brothers Goodsir. Thus the former, for instance, picked up, for the first time in Britain Echiurus, on the sands after a storm; and the two Goodsirs, as students, were familiar with its marine rarities, and afterwards read many zoological papers at its Literary and Philosophical Society. Prof. John Reid, the physiologist, studied the development of zoophytes and mollusks in its rock pools, and Prof. G. E. Day, his successor in the Chair of Anatomy and Physiology, and Miss Otté, lost no opportunity of interesting the students in marine zoology. Besides, the occupants of the Chair of Natural History from its foundation in 1753, and including Professors Vilant, Dick, Forrest, Cleghorn, Adamson, Ferrie, Macdonald, and Nicholson, as well as Dr. McVicar, the University lecturer, all more or less drew from the rich marine resources in their proximity.

scholarly journals The Ethics and Untoward Challenges of Exhibition Loans: An Alabama Extraterrestrial in Paris and the Return? of a Native American Relic

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. e25924
Author(s):  
Mary Prondzinski
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Risk Sharing ◽  
National Museum ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
The World ◽  
Mona Lisa ◽  
The University ◽  
The Town ◽  
Unique Status

Every collection, no matter its size, contains some item of antiquity that is highly valued. Loaning these items for exhibition often raises questions of ethics and the dilemma of putting a valuable artifact at risk. Sharing these prized possessions for the enjoyment of a wider audience, exposes them to a variety of potential threats in an era when public vandalism has become almost routine. The Mona Lisa hangs behind bullet-proof glass, while soldiers with assault rifles guard the entrance to the Louvre. Nothing quite so dramatic protects the collections of the University of Alabama; nonetheless, the recent request to loan our Sylacauga Meteorite to the Paris Museum of Natural History (MNHN) came out of the blue just like the meteorite. Once famous throughout the world because of its unique status of being the only meteorite documented to have struck a person, its notoriety has gradually receded in prominence, save for meteorite aficionados or roadside-curiosity seekers. Displayed at the Alabama Museum of Natural History next to the Philco radio it grazed on impact, it was in need of some good old-fashioned PR to restore it to its former notoriety. Loaned once a year to the town of Oak-Grove near Sylacauga, where the rock struck home, it seldom, if ever, was sought for exhibition elsewhere. Indeed, the meteorite seemed almost forlorn, overshadowed by the University of Alabama’s legendary football prowess and Walk of Champions. The Moundville Duck Bowl, by comparison, is owned by the Smithsonian and housed in the National Museum of the American Indian. Like the Sylacauga Meteorite, it is an artifact of unique status, excavated from the mounds here in Alabama, and touted as our “finest representation of Native American craftsmanship.” In the early 1900’s under the auspice of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, an amateur archaeologist plundered Alabama’s Indian mounds and hauled away more than 200 artifacts from Moundville alone. Several years passed before Alabama put a stop to the looting, too late to prevent the loss of one of the most valuable discoveries in its territory. Since 2010, the Duck Bowl has been on “indefinite loan” at the University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park after much lobbying and support from archaeological scholars and the Native American community; a hard-won agreement that was not without expense and a multitude of obstacles. Two Alabama artifacts, both unique in their value and importance, have been made available for public appreciation. The challenge is to share them responsibly.

scholarly journals A IMPORTÂNCIA DO MICROSCÓPIO ÓTICO NA REVOLUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA - DAS PRÁTICAS EDUCACIONAIS À REPRESENTAÇÃO MUSEOLÓGICA

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 126-140
Author(s):  
Nuno Teles ◽  
Maria João Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Science Museums ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Contextualization ◽  
The University ◽  
The 19Th Century

ResumoNeste artigo é apresentada uma reflexão sobre os museus de ciência a partir da sua vertente educativa ligada às questões da representação museológica. Em discussão está a importância do microscópio como objeto de destaque museológico aliada ao seu contributo para o ensino das ciências. Numa primeira abordagem é feita uma contextualização histórica sobre a descoberta, desenvolvimento e importância deste instrumento, seguida de uma contextualização científica sobre a sua utilização como ferramenta de investigação e educação. Numa segunda abordagem serão apresentados os campos de aplicação deste equipamento como instrumento educativo ao longo do século XIX até ao século XXI. Como exemplos serão referidos três museus nacionais de ciência: Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto; Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra; e Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa. Palavras-chave: microscópio; educação; museologia; história da ciência. Abstract This article presents a reflection on the role played by science museums from an educational point of view in connection with issues pertaining to museological representation. In discussion is the importance of the microscope as an object of museological prominence allied to its contribution for science teaching. In a first approach, a historical contextualization on the discovery, development and importance of this instrument will be provided, followed by a scientific contextualization on its use as an educational and research tool. In a second approach the fields of application of the microscope as an educational instrument from the 19th century to the 21st century will be outlined. Three science museums in Portugal will be used as examples: the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto, the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra and the National Museum of Natural History and Science of the University of Lisbon.Keywords: microscope; education; museology; history of science.

NOTES ON NORTH AMERICAN AGELENID SPIDERS

1937 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 174-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irving Fox
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Natural History ◽  
North American ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Museum ◽  
American Museum ◽  
United States National Museum ◽  
University Of Utah ◽  
Comparative Zoology ◽  
The University

The material on which the following paper is based is deposited in the United States National Museum to whose authorities I am indebted for the privilege of studying the collections of spiders in their charge. Several colleagues have been very generous in lending material and in giving advice. Particular thanks are due to Miss Elizabeth B. Bryant of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Dr. W. J. Gertsch of the American Museum of Natural History, and Professor R. V. Chamberlin of the University of Utah.

Notes on Cultural Relations between Asia and America

1937 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. C. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
American Museum ◽  
The University

The Archaeology of Alaska has been coming to the front in recent years as the result of protracted activities chiefly on the part of the National Museum in Washington, the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia, the Canadian National Museum at Ottawa, and the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. Some twenty years ago, through the efforts of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the American Museum of Natural History had already obtained a large archaeological collection from Pt. Barrow and vicinity, which is at least partly published and which may conceivably have helped to stimulate this new interest.

Some aspects of the idea of unity V. Solovyov and the present

2000 ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
O. O. Romanovsky
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
National Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Place Of Residence ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
Temporary Closure

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the nature of the national policy of Russia is significantly changing. After the events of 1863 in Poland (the Second Polish uprising), the government of Alexander II gradually abandoned the dominant idea of ​​anathematizing, whose essence is expressed in the domination of the principle of serving the state, the greatness of the empire. The tsar-reformer deliberately changes the policy of etatamism into the policy of state ethnocentrism. The manifestation of such a change is a ban on teaching in Polish (1869) and the temporary closure of the University of Warsaw. At the end of the 60s, the state's policy towards a five million Russian Jewry was radically revised. The process of abolition of restrictions on travel, education, place of residence initiated by Nicholas I, was provided reverse.

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