Permanent exhibits Virginia Museum of Natural History

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1 permanent exhibits

1.1 harvest foundation hall of ancient life
1.2 uncovering virginia
1.3 how nature works
1.4 hahn hall of biodiversity
1.5 fossil overlook
1.6 hooker furniture discovery reef
1.7 3 cultures, 3 stories





permanent exhibits
the harvest foundation hall of ancient life

the harvest foundation hall of ancient life welcomes visitors enter museum pass ticket booth. museum website offers account regarding exhibit hall: visitors greeted enormous skeleton of allosaurus dinosaur, while skeleton of 14 million-year-old baleen whale hangs beneath vaulted ceiling of skylights. windows offer peek museum s active laboratories researchers , volunteers work, , award-winning displays , graphic presentations greet visitors @ every turn. along allosaurus , eobalaenoptera, visitors can see pteranodon , stromatolite. visitors can see 6 column cases feature special exhibits on rotating basis. stories skeletons on display in these cases.


uncovering virginia

the museum website states, uncovering virginia features recreations of 6 research sites in virginia vmnh scientists , colleagues have worked or working. there range of geographic locations around commonwealth span broad interval of time 700 million years ago 300 years ago. @ each exhibit, there is: recreation of site today; lab experience visitors can examine fossil or archaeological evidence , use same tools scientists interpret evidence; , video animation brings life animals , plants alive @ time , in @ place.


how nature works

lee & george w. lester, ii how nature works gallery demonstrates how energy within earth s crust , energy sun have shaped earth know today. visitors view , interact exhibits better understand magnificent forces , processes have helped create world today, states museum website.


the hahn hall of biodiversity

information gallery can found on museum website: hahn hall of biodiversity opened public in august 2010.the hahn hall of biodiversity features spectacular african mammal collections of dr. thomas marshall hahn jr., president emeritus of virginia tech. dr. hahn generously donated extensive collections vmnh enjoyment , education of countless future visitors of ages.


fossil overlook

from museum s website, museum s fossil overlook new prehistoric life exhibit includes variety of fossils, detailed models, casts, , interactive multi-media programs visitors of ages. new exhibit located on museum s upper-level.


hooker furniture discovery reef

this exhibit opened public in 2010 , interactive play area children ages 8 , under.


three cultures, 3 stories

this interactive online exhibit featured on museum s website showcases cultures of 3 north american native american tribes: pueblo, powhattan, , lakota.








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