Mar 5, 2014
Marshall is visiting his friend, the Terminator Pig in Prehistoric Journey.
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Marshall is visiting his friend, the Terminator Pig in Prehistoric Journey.
Museum Selfie Day!
Today is #museumselfie day. Museum visitors, staff, and mascots from all over the world will be taking part to raise awareness of the great collections being housed by museums all over the world! Here's a particularly good selfie our mascot, Marshall! I wonder how a t-rex managed to do a selfie in the first place?
A Very Merry Christmas from all of us in the DMNS Image Archives!
Marshall thought he caught someone trying to break into the museum. Turns out it was just Santa Claus coming to visit.
A film from our archives has been nominated for "Colorado's Most Significant Artifacts." It is a 35mm nitrate silent film depicting the discovery of the 1st projectile point in mammoth ribs in Colorado. Please vote for it here: https://collectioncare.auraria.edu/content/vote-colorados-most-significant-artifacts#overlay-context=content/colorados-10-most-significant-artifacts
Happy Birthday Smilodon!
My good friend Smilodon lives in the lobby here at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. He recently celebrated his 40th birthday and many kind people signed his card! We were lucky enough to receive his birthday card as part of our collection in our Archives. I am wearing my gloves to make sure that the card is preserved for future generations.
The next time you visit us, put a coin in Smilodon's mouth to hear him roar.
Tapir Diorama
From 1925 to around 2000, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science was home to several dioramas depicting South American animals and scenery. These dioramas were taken down when construction began on the West Atrium. While the dioramas themselves no longer exist, the Photo Archives department at DMNS takes great care to ensure that images from the museum's past are saved for the future.
Thanks to a grant from NEH, we are now trying to make these and many more images available to the public. Follow us and keep an eye out for more exciting images from our collections!
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Ever wonder how they get heavy fossils out of the field and into a museum. Like this!
An unidentified couple (possibly Muriel Bailey and Henry Wichers "Inchumuk") takes in the view of Cape Nelson in Victoria, Australia. The Denver Museum of Natural History sponsored several expeditions to Australia and the South Pacific during the 1940s and 1950s so some of our curators and employees could learn more about the animals and culture of the region. Their research led to the creation of the South Pacific diorama halls which are still on display today.
© DMNS, IV.BA2013-053, Photographer: Alfred M. Bailey A man and woman looking Cape Nelson in Victoria, Australia.
35mm Kodachrome Slide
1940-1950s