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    Utah Museum of Natural History

    1390 East Presidents Circle
    Salt Lake City , UT 84112
    (801) 581-4303  |  Fax: 8015853684

    Website: http://click.websitegear.com/track/125703


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    The Museum traces its beginnings to 1959 when the President of the University of Utah appointed a committee of faculty members representing disciplines sympathetic to the preservation of the state's natural history. Various academic departments held extensive, representative collections of anthropological, biological, and geological material dealing with Utah, the Colorado Plateau, and the Great Basin. It was the committee's aim to consolidate...

    The Museum traces its beginnings to 1959 when the President of the University of Utah appointed a committee of faculty members representing disciplines sympathetic to the preservation of the state's natural history. Various academic departments held extensive, representative collections of anthropological, biological, and geological material dealing with Utah, the Colorado Plateau, and the Great Basin. It was the committee's aim to consolidate museum exhibits scattered around the campus in one location. In 1963, the committee successfully pressed for legislation establishing a state museum of natural history at the University of Utah.

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    • Event Name: Scientist in the Spotlight - Randy Irmis
      "Bad timing"
      Comment posted by: Ed Irmis from McCormick, SC USA, Aug 06, 2009

      Oh darn ... we'll miss this event by 3 crummy days. We don't get into SLC until the 24th. I know this scientist and it will be a worthwhile experience learning about science and in particular... Expand

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    • Event Name: Nature Of Things presents Tyrone Hayes
      "Another opportunity to meet Tyrone Hayes"
      Comment posted by: Janet Frasier from Salt Lake City, Utah, Apr 23, 2009

      In addition to tonight's lecture, Tyrone Hayes will be at the Utah Museum of Natural History on Saturday, April 25 from 10:30 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. Take advantage of this opportunity to meet this... Expand

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