Before leaving for Paris, I decided to visit one of my favorite places on campus: The Harvard Museum of Natural History. According to its website, the museum was “established in 1998 as the public face of three research museums: the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Harvard University Herbaria, and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum.” As a result, one can see an amazing collection of glass hand-blown flowers by the Blaschka family, the bones of prehistoric giants, and an endless menagerie of taxidermied animals. Free for students and one guest, the museum made a perfectly affordable last outing at Harvard. Joined by my friend Anouk, a newcomer to the HMNH, I explored again the vast collections, while reminiscing on my favorite Harvard science class: Dinosaurs and Their Relatives. RAWR!
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The blog will continue during my stay in Paris. Prepare yourselves readers, for ten months of je ne sais quoi… But it should be exciting. I hope that you keep reading Dust on the Bookshelf. As you read this now, I am probably still on a plane somewhere between Iceland and Paris.
A bientôt mes amis!
Sarah
"Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!"
zebra skin, and introducing the lovely Anouk Kemp
early animals, young children.
Kronosaurus!! This thing is seriously huge..
This underwater monster ruled the prehistoric seas.
me and my favorite dinosaur!
The HNHM maintains much of the old-school museum/gallery style though it has added interactive technology-centric exhibits.
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Hello Readers! Please check out my first article on The Diverse Arts Project blog. DAP is a really exciting new site that I’ve been asked to join up with. I will be a regular editor and contributor, bringing you soon the lovely lesser-known sights and sounds of Paris. Paris Meconnu, if you will. But for now, I hope to feature a few more local Boston, Cambridge and Somerville artists. Keep checking it out and be sure to read about Gumbo Diablo!
