Building an Ark for Texas - The Evolution of a Natural History Museum

Informationen zum Autor WALT DAVIS is former director of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas; former curator of vertebrate collections at the Dallas Museum of Natural History; and coauthor of the book Exploring the Edges of Texas . He lives in Campbell, Texas. Klappentext Recounted through the eyes of a major participant, this book tells the story of the Dallas Museum of Natural History from its beginning in 1922 as a collection of specimens celebrating the plants and animals of Texas to its metamorphosis in 2012 as the gleaming Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Zusammenfassung Recounted through the eyes of a major participant! this book tells the story of the Dallas Museum of Natural History from its beginning in 1922 as a collection of specimens celebrating the plants and animals of Texas to its metamorphosis in 2012 as the gleaming Perot Museum of Nature and Science.

Product details

• Authors: Walt Davis
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781623494421
• ISBN: 978-1-62349-442-1
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: W. L. Moody JR. Natural Histor; W. L. Moody JR. Natural Histor; W.L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous