Contact: Carolyn Belardo
belardo@ansp.org
215-299-1043
Academy of Natural Sciences

New Book on Nation's Oldest Natural History Museum

Caption: "A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science" (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012) is the first complete history of the nation's oldest natural history museum. The Academy is marking its bicentennial with a yearlong celebration beginning March 24, 2012.

Credit: University of Pennsylvania Press

Usage Restrictions: None

Related news release: New book brings to life the making of American science at the Academy of Natural Sciences