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The museum was conceived in 1959, when the University of Utah faculty committee decided to consolidate natural history collections from around its campus. The museum was established as the Utah Museum of Natural History on the University of Utah campus in 1963 by the Utah State Legislature. [3]
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's first natural history museum. There are natural history museums in all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia. The oldest such museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1812. [1]
Natural history: Visitor center exhibits about the geology, prehistory and natural history of the park Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum: Provo: Utah: Natural history: Part of Brigham Young University, dioramas and displays of animals, birds, butterflies, shells Bear River City DUP Museum: Bear River City: Box Elder: History
In 1961, the Utah State Legislature formally recognized Cottam's impressive collection by designating the university's campus landscape as the State Arboretum. The original legislation mandated that the arboretum "provide resources and facilities for cultivating a greater knowledge and public appreciation for the trees and plants around us, as ...
In 1945, the Utah State Legislature approved building a state-owned natural history museum in Vernal. This was a result of efforts by the local Lions Club and others. This museum was to house and display fossil remains of ancient life, along with other natural history items. Funding was made available in 1946, and the museum opened in 1948.
The Bean Museum now houses the Liger Shasta who lived at the Hogle Zoo from when she was born on May 6, 1948, till when she died, on July 12, 1972. [ 2 ] Admission to the three-story museum is free of charge and over 100,000 unique visitors come to see the over 2 million specimens of insects, plants, reptiles, fish, shells, and birds.
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