Georgia Museum of Natural History is the U.S. state of Georgia's museum of natural history in Athens. The science portion of the museum has fourteen different collections in Archaeology, Arthropod, Botany Herbarium, Economic Geology, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Invertebrate Biology, Mammalogy, Mycological Herbarium, Ornithology, Paleontology, Pollen and Plant Microspore, Rocks and Minerals, and Zooarchaeology as well as more than 325,000 ethanol-preserved fish and other animal specimens These alcohol-preserved tissues provide greater accessibility for evaluation of genomic diversity in these specimens. In addition, there are exhibits, archives, and entertainment for children. Its more than four million objects makes it one of the largest museums in the Southeast. The museum's webpage is one of the most visited on the University of Georgia website.
Video Georgia Museum of Natural History
References
Maps Georgia Museum of Natural History
External links
- Georgia Museum of Natural History - Official
- Listing in Georgia Encyclopedia
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