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Official name: Academy of Natural Sciences: Type: City: Designated: May 15, 2013: Location: 302 Market St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.: Marker Text: Founded nearby in 1812, it is the oldest natural science institution in the Americas and a leading resource for the study of life on Earth, with outstanding exhibits and scientific collections.
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is the oldest natural history museum in the United States and a world leader in biodiversity and environmental research. It was formed as the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in 2012 and became affiliated with the university in 2011.
The Hayden Memorial Geological Award is presented by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (formerly the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was named after US geologist Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden. The award was established in 1888 and first awarded in 1890.
A complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil on display with other dinosaur specimens at the Academy of Natural Sciences. In 2011, The Academy of Natural Sciences entered into an agreement to become a subsidiary of Drexel University. Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences is America's oldest natural history museum and is a world leader in ...
The museum originally opened at the Academy of Natural Sciences on October 2, 1976, in a 2,200-square-foot (200 m 2) space, and moved to another location on nearby Cherry Street two years later. In 1983, the museum moved to 21st Street near the Franklin Institute .
The Putnam Museum and Science Center, originally Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, is a museum of history and natural science with an interactive science center in Davenport, Iowa, United States. The museum was founded in 1867, and was one of the first museums west of the Mississippi River. It houses around 250,000 historical artifacts and ...
It has a campus of more than 600 acres (240 ha) in Fairfield, on which it operates the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences, a boarding and day school focused on agricultural and outdoor education, and the Glenn Stratton Learning Center, a day treatment school focused on children with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges.
Say's phoebe (Sayornis saya). Say trained to be an apothecary. A self-taught naturalist, Say helped found the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) in 1812. In 1816, he met Charles Alexandre Lesueur, a French naturalist, malacologist, and ichthyologist who soon became a member of the Academy and served as its curator until 1824.