Beaty Biodiversity Museum

Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Established 2010
Location Beaty Biodiversity Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Website Museum website

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is a natural history museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its collections include over two million specimens, including a 25-metre skeleton of a female blue whale buried in Tignish, Prince Edward Island.[1]

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Location

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum and the Biodiversity Research Centre are located in the Beaty Biodiversity Centre, University of British Columbia, 2212 Main Mall, Vancouver.

History

The museum opened to the public on October 16, 2010.[2] The museum is named after Ross and Trisha Beaty, UBC alumni who donated funding.During the construction of the site, there was an infestation of carpet beetles, causing a delay in the opening of the archives. [3]

Collection

The museum houses a collection of more than 2 million specimens, some collected as early as the 1910s.[4]

References

  1. ^ Manzer, Jenny (2010-Fall). "Big blue on display". British Columbia Magazine 52 (3): 9. 
  2. ^ Hui, Stephen (2010-10-15). "Beaty Biodiversity Museum opens doors at UBC this weekend". straight.com. http://www.straight.com/article-353234/vancouver/beaty-biodiversity-museum-opens-doors-ubc-weekend. Retrieved 2011-04-16. 
  3. ^ "NEWS RELEASE - NEW UBC CENTRE HOME TO CANADA’S LARGEST WHALE EXHIBIT". BC Office of the Premier. 2010-05-13. http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2009-2013/2010PREM0101-000562.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-16. 
  4. ^ "Collections". Beaty Biodiversity Museum. http://www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/collections. Retrieved 4 August 2011. 

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