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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Academy of Natural Sciences

Our family vacation this year was a trip to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philly on Saturday and then Sunday into Monday we went camping.

There are two pictures of us "with dinosaurs" You stand somewhere and it projects your image onto a screen with a dinosaur scene playing. It was hard to capture with the camera though.
The Academy of Natural Sciences is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the United States. It was founded in 1812 by many of the leading naturalists of the young republic with its expressed mission of "the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences." For over nearly two centuries of continuous operations, the Academy has sponsored expeditions, conducted original environmental and systematics research, and amassed natural history collections containing more than 17 million specimens. The Academy also has a long tradition of public exhibits and educational programs for both schools and the general public.

2 comments:

Sue said...

This museum looks very interesting. I love to pics where you look like you are in the forest with the dinosaurs. I never was there with my boys, but I'm glad you all got to go and see this.

Anonymous said...

It's a vacation trip very close to nature.