Museum Blog
First Brokaw fellow starts at DMNH to work on second Breeding Bird Atlas project
by Lindsay Townsend The Delaware Museum of Natural History welcomed its first Howard and Dede Brokaw Ornithology Fellow, Alex Johnson, to the museum this summer. Johnson spent the summer helping the museum’s [...]
Unusual Guillemot Egg Aids Researchers
by Lindsay Townsend This auk egg, from Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire England, was a popular collectors item. The area is now a nature reserve. It’s like something out of a movie—the egg [...]
A Book for Adventurers Book Review by Lindsay Townsend Cabinet of Curiosities: Collecting and Understanding the Wonders of the Natural World By Gordon Grice 188 pages. Workman Publishing. 2015 “Science is an attempt to [...]
Sun Conures arrive at DMNH
Four sun conures, a parrot species from northeastern South America, recently arrived at the Delaware Museum of Natural History, becoming the newest additions to the Museum’s live animal collection and engaging with visitors at [...]
INSIDER LOOK: The Actual Museum Experience as Told by Students
by Theresa Tran and Imrin Goraya, Widener University Studying science is not the same as applying science, and as biology majors at Widener University, we don’t often get the opportunity to apply our knowledge to [...]