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The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. [5] Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library.
Gretchen Sibley (A. M. 1946) – zoologist, founder of the docent program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, first executive director of the California State Science Fair [38] Rangaswamy Srinivasan (Ph.D. 1956) – discoverer of Ablative Photodecomposition (APD) and co-inventor of the LASIK procedure [citation needed]
An art museum houses a permanent collection, whereas a gallery usually hosts a changing program of art exhibitions. However, some university and college art galleries also feature permanent collections or showcase collections owned by the larger institution.
The California Science Center (sometimes spelled California ScienCenter) is a state agency and science museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the University of Southern California.
In 2020, USC was penalized for its faulty Title IX processes by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. [15] In 2017, the university came into the national spotlight when the Los Angeles Times published information about Carmen A. Puliafito, the dean of USC's medical school. After accusations of drug use, he resigned from ...
USC's 22 libraries and other archives currently hold over 5.8 million printed volumes, 1.3 million ebooks, 3 million photographs, and subscribe to more than 30,000 current serial titles, nearly 44,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archives, and subscribe to over 120 electronic databases and more than 14,000 journals in print and electronic ...
The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, also known affectionately by locals as "the Whale Museum", is one of the earliest museums in the state of California.Founded from the Laura Hecox collection in 1905, the museum's collections grew extensively throughout the years, acquiring many Native American and archaeological artifacts, as well as natural history specimens.
Ellen Victoria Futter (born September 21, 1949) is the former president of the American Museum of Natural History (1993–2023). She previously served as president of Barnard College for 13 years. [ 1 ]