3D scanned creatures by oVert – Released by Florida Museum of Natural History / SWNS An incredible new project has scanned thousands of creatures to advance scientific research and provide colorful images to the world. Natural history museums have entered a new stage of scientific discovery and accessibility with the completion of openVertebrate (oVert), a …
Courtesy of Hinako Komori From Japan’s metropolitan heart comes the story of a young woman with a love for nature getting her paws in the door of a scientific career after identifying a taxidermied Japanese wolf gathering dust in a museum collection. The Japanese wolf has been extinct for over a century, but for 10-year-old …
CHICO — Warm weather and sunshine greeted early arrivers to the fifth annual Butte County Museum Weekend on Saturday. The event, put on by Explore Butte County, features 16 museums open to the public at no charge from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. “Sometimes an art museum can be intimidating,” said Pat Macias, …
CHICO — The Chico History museum kicked off its Spring Lecture Series with an insightful lecture from Bob Malowney, owner of Bird In Hand. The Spring Lecture Series consists of six lectures from Chico community members on various topics relating to Chico. Individual lecture tickets cost $10, or $9 for Chico History Museum members. Malowney’s …
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Stark County artist Dirk Rozich caught himself in a moment of awe while painting images of global sports icon LeBron James. Working on a trio of 28-by-20 inch paintings, each one would be enlarged into murals at the LeBron James’ Home Court museum at House Three Thirty in Akron. “It was very emotional when I …
The volunteers who operate Minter Field Air Museum in Shafter have always been proud of the local World War II history they preserve and share with visitors. But for many years, the outward appearance of the museum building has been degrading as the paint cracked and peeled and grew worse each year. The nonprofit has …
The idea for the Portrait of a Warrior Gallery in downtown Bakersfield was first born in Texas several years ago when artist Ken Pridgeon was asked to paint a portrait of a fallen soldier from the post-9/11 era. Then another family asked. And another, until he had painted dozens of portraits. Bakersfield became the home …