Sunday, March 13, 2011

Behind the Scene at the Smithsonian

One of the spouses of an Einstein Fellow, Bob King, volunteers several days a week at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.  Bob arranged for some of us to have a behind the scene tour of the dinosaur section of the museum.  We started our visit early, before the doors were open to the public.  Our guide shared some of his dinosaur expertise with us.


Then he took us downstairs to the special collections where scientists  do research on fossil specimens. 

Sabor toothed tiger skull

Touching a specimen of Wooly Mammoth fur.





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