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Akito Y. Kawahara is an American and Japanese entomologist, scientist, and advocate of nature education, and the son of the modern conceptual artist On Kawara.. Kawahara is a Professor and Curator at the University of Florida and lead researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History's McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity. [1]
The museum's collections were first used for teaching at Florida Agriculture College in Lake City in the 1800s, and were relocated to the campus of the University of Florida in 1906. The museum was chartered as the state's official natural history museum by the Florida Legislature in 1917.
Also known as the Museum of City Fire of 1901 and the Catherine Street Fire Museum Jacksonville University Life Sciences Museum: Jacksonville: Duval Northeast Natural history Part of Jacksonville University, includes shells, fossils, bird mounts, bones, animal skins Jewish Museum of Florida: Miami Beach: Miami-Dade Southeast Ethnic-Jewish
Florida Panhandle: 52 acres, open-air museum, nature discovery center, 1880s period farm, Florida wildlife on outdoor and indoor display Tree Hill Nature Center: Jacksonville: Duval: Greater Jacksonville: 50 acres, features a Florida natural history museum, butterfly and hummingbird gardens, and native animals Tropical Audubon Society: Miami ...
Crotona Park Nature Center: Bronx: Bronx: New York City: 127-acre park, center open for programs and by appointment Cumming Nature Center: Naples: Ontario: Western New York: 900 acre preserve, operated by the Rochester Museum and Science Center: Dana Discovery Center: Manhattan: Manhattan: New York City: operated by the City in the Harlem ...
After having visited England in 1985, where he met Clive Farrell (founder and owner of the London Butterfly House), he decided to create his own facility in Florida. Boender and Farrell entered into partnership and started planning the facility, which was to be a public attraction, but also a research facility and a butterfly farm .
He grew up primarily in Nebraska pursuing his BA and MA degrees at universities in Wisconsin and Iowa before entering the religious life in New York in 1969 and completing his PhD in the Graduate Center of the City of New York's program with the American Museum of Natural History in 1980. He continues to live in New York City.
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) is a searchable database maintained by the Department of Entomology at the Natural History Museum, London. It is based on card indices and scanned journals, nomenclatural catalogues and the Zoological Record .