NATURAL SELECTION A CHARMING RELIC OF A MUSEUM CONSIDERS HOW TO UPDATE ITS MISSION WITHOUT LOSING ITS HISTORY

From: The Boston Globe | Date: November 18, 2003| Author: Jascha Hoffman, Globe Correspondent | Copyright information

The animal wing of the Harvard Museum of Natural History contains a breathtaking array of extinct creatures, including a giant ground sloth, a massive seafaring Kronosaurus, and even the bones of the "Harvard Mastodon."

There are smaller curiosities, too, including tapeworms harvested from the guts of the Boston elite, a room full of glass animals, and a sea unicorn known as the narwhal.

The only thing the Agassiz Museum is missing is science.

The extensive display of Gal...

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