Wild
Blue Planet
A new permanent exhibit defines the museum as a "Museum of the
Earth"
Filling
in Our Missing Links
The exhibit Ancestors Unearthed uses priceless artificats
and modern technology to show how our human ancestors lived four million
years ago.
Carnegie
Wild Life Film Festival
The best short nature documentaries get a two-day showing at the
museum.
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We all make it a point to know as much as we can about
our homes. Their value, their good points, things that could use some repair—these
are all things we keep up with because we depend on our homes for shelter.
It makes sense, then, to feel the same sense of ownership and caring about
our "other" home—the planet Earth—which we all depend upon for life itself.
"Earth is a much more interesting place than most geography lessons convey—what
a beautiful planet!" says Jay Apt, director of Carnegie Museum of Natural
History. "To be informed citizens we need to see its resources and people
from above and study them from the surface."
To that end, Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents two new exhibits
and a film festival—all devoted to the Earth and its inhabitants. These
initiatives are signs of Apt's interest in Earth science and his mission
of recreating the Museum of Natural History as a "Museum of the Earth."
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