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March 7, 2012
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is turning 200 this month and is throwing a fabulous two-day party with bright lights, great music, and late hours on March 24 and 25.
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March 7, 2012
The new bicentennial exhibition opening in March at the nation’s oldest natural history museum features rare and beautiful treasures from the collections, hands-on scientific exploration activities, and the unique opportunity to discover the innovative research going on at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.
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March 22, 2012
A colorful multimedia light show lights up facade for Bicentennial, March 22-27.
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March 9, 2012
As part of its yearlong Bicentennial, the Academy will offer behind-the-scenes tours of its world-renowned scientific collections, normally open only to researchers by appointment
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March 2, 2012
A new, richly illustrated book recounts the passionate personalities and the landmark achievements that shaped the first 200 years of the oldest natural history museum in the Western Hemisphere.
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March 2, 2012
The nation’s oldest natural history museum will turn 200 years old in March and will mark the milestone with a yearlong celebration befitting its extraordinary history of research, exploration and discovery which continues today.
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March 1, 2012
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was organized in 1812 by a small group of amateur naturalists dedicated to the "rational disposal of leisure moments" and "the advancement and diffusion of useful, liberal human knowledge." The Academy was one of the first institutions in the United States to devote its efforts exclusively to the study of natural history.
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March 1, 2012
The history of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the nation’s oldest natural history museum, mirrors the evolution of the relationship between the American people and the natural world. The Academy was founded when the United States hugged the Atlantic coastline, and Philadelphia was the cultural, commercial and scientific center of the new nation.
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March 1, 2012
The Academy of Natural Sciences, founded in 1812, has a long list of milestones.
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March 1, 2012
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is America’s oldest natural history museum.