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how and when did the public museum develop?

Posted May 21st, 2012 at 08:03 PM by alba vulpes

what significance did this have for the state?
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My London experience: Natural History Museum and Aquarium

Posted August 26th, 2011 at 06:29 PM by Solidaire
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There is an extensive collection of minerals, ore deposits, valuable and semi-valuable stones in the Natural history Museum. There are even asteroid pieces, rocks from Mars and from the Moon.


Here is a Uranium deposits from Cornwall, where the mineral was mined from 1873 to 1903.

http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/mi...uth-terras.htm

The deposit is properly encased to prevent any radiation from creeping through. Not a beautiful specimen,...
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My London experience: Natural History Museum

Posted August 26th, 2011 at 05:10 PM by Solidaire
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The Natural History Museum is an amazing place. It encompasses the natural history of our planet from the creation of our solar system to the present, explaining how it was created, the natural forces that shaped it, how life appeared, evolved, and affected it. Charles Darwin, who's statue oversees the museum's central hall, would have been very proud of it.

As with many other museums in London, this one is also particularly concerned with educating its visitors through fun and interaction....
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