Upcoming Changing Exhibits
Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics
May 24, 2008 - September 28th, 2008
Today's breathtaking advances in medicine and biology depend on the fundamental laws of heredity discovered nearly 150 years ago by an Augustinian friar working in a garden. Our special exhibit, “Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics,” presents Mendel's life and work, charts the rise of Genetics and introduces you to some “Modern Mendels,” present-day scientists who are building upon his discoveries. (more)
Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics and its national tour were developed by the Field Museum in partnership with The Vereinigung zur Förderung der Genomforschung, Vienna, Austria, and The Mendel Museum, Brno, Czech Republic.
This exhibit is presented by Villanova University and The Academy of Natural Sciences.
The First Dinosaur Skeleton
Opens Fall 2008
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the scientific description of Hadrosaurus foulkii. This dinosaur occupies a singular place in the history of paleontology. At the time of its description by Joseph Leidy in 1858, Hadrosaurus was the world's most completely known dinosaur. When the skeletal mount, a collaboration of Leidy with British sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, was put on display at the Academy in 1868, it was the first dinosaur skeleton ever mounted and would serve as a model for future dinosaur mounts in museums everywhere.
The remounted skeleton of Hadrosaurus will return to the Academy in Fall, 2008.