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John Robert Edward Kinard (November 22, 1936 – August 5, 1989) was an American social activist, pastor, and museum director. He is best known as the director of the Anacostia Museum, a small community museum founded by the Smithsonian Institution in 1967. Kinard was the museum's first director, and remained in the post until his death.
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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]
The museum covers 22 acres (89,000 m 2) and is a six-venue complex housing: the Space Theater, Science Center, Life Science Hall, Human Cultures Hall, Global Environment Hall, and Botanical Garden. [2] The Research and Collection Division of the museum is divided into departments for zoology, botany, geology, and anthropology. [3]
Where: Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson When: Friday, July 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: Free with regular admission fee $8 adults $7 adults 60 and over $6 kids 3-18 ...
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Frederic A. Lucas (1909–1910), director of the American Museum of Natural History; Frederick J.V. Skiff (1910–1911), director of the Field Museum of Natural History; Edward S. Morse (1911–1912), director of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology; Henry L. Ward (1912–1913), director of the Milwaukee Public Museum
Kevin Kinard of Maumelle found the second-largest diamond in the 48-year history of Crater of Diamonds State Park on Labor Day, according to a news release from Arkansas State Parks.