Connecticut State Museum of Natural History

Connecticut State Museum of Natural History
Established 1988
Location Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Website www.cac.uconn.edu/mnhhome.html

The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History is located in Storrs, Connecticut and is part of the University of Connecticut.[1]

The small museum contains a variety of scientific and archaeological collections about the cultural history of southern New England.[2] The natural history collections contains "hundreds of thousands of specimens of mammals, birds, insects, invertebrates, fossils, plants, fish and parasites."[3] Since 2004, it houses the Connecticut Archaeology Center, which contain the "largest repository of Connecticut Native American, colonial and industrial artifacts in existence."[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/07/nyregion/view-connecticut-state-museum-natural-history-preserving-natural-heritage-here.html
  2. ^ "About". Connecticut State Museum of Natural History. 2008. http://www.cac.uconn.edu/mnhabout.html. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 
  3. ^ "Connecticut State Museum of Natural History Collections". Connecticut State Museum of Natural History. 2008. http://www.cac.uconn.edu/mnhcollections.html. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 
  4. ^ "About the Connecticut Archaeology Center Collections". Connecticut Archaeology Center. 2008. http://www.cac.uconn.edu/collections.html. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 

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