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News and What's New

March, 2008 New Behind the Scenes photos of the on-going sloth research
November, 2006 Baby sloth photos

July 1, 2006

Baby sloth bones go on display in a new temporary exhibit, A Sloth Reunion, in the Iowa Hall lobby.


June 2006 New baby sloth excavation photo album. page 9

July 16, 2004 New temporary exhibit in Iowa Hall: To Dig a Sloth. A lesson on the excavation and preparation process, and visitors' first chance to see some of the massive bones we've uncovered.

May 28, 2004 Museum launches new Sloth Dig section of Web site
more information

July 2003 When the Museum's 110 year-old Arctic caribou needed urgent conservation care the University and Iowa City community came to the rescue.

June, 02
2003
Museum Wins Prestigious IMLS Conservation Grant to conserve Laysan Island Cyclorama. Conservators' Visit.
Press Release

Feb. 2003

Rusty, the Museum's popular Ice Age Sloth was featured in the February issue of the Iowa Alumni Magazine.
Read The Secret Life of a Sloth and enter the Sloth Caption Contest or Dress the Sloth Contest.


Dec. 23, 2002 The Museum's interactive computer station CD-ROM "Why Birds Sing" took 1st place at the National Association for Interpretation Media Awards 2002.

Aug. 7, 2002 Photos from the Museum's historic 19th century and early 20th century expeditions. Students and volunteers cleaned and catalogued over 1,500 glass lantern slides and negatives this summer. Contact the Museum for details or further information.

June 12, 2002 1902-2002, Celebrating 100 years with Laysan Island.
A panorama of the famous Laysan Island Cyclorama, the only exhibit of its kind in the world!
With photos from the 1911 expedition.

Feb. 25, 2002 Look for something new in Hageboeck Hall:
Seasonal Bird Identification
 

Jan. 26, 2002 Making a Museum Mount: Art, Science and Magic.
The Completed Albatross Project

The making a unique mount for the skeleton of a Wandering Albatross:
The largest wingspan of any bird in the world.

Nov. 30, 2001 The Ostrich Restoration Project  

Sept. 24 2001 Population Genetic Study of the White-tailed Kite  

Feb. 15, 2001
What's Wrong With the Whales? Cooperating with the American Museum of Natural History, NYC, to sample the DNA of our historic Right Whale skeleton.

Dec. 23,
2000
Sawfish History

Dec. 19, 2000
Historic sawfish removed from Hageboeck Hall of Birds.
The Great Sawfish Move

Dec. 5, 2000
New temporary exhibit opens on the ground floor of Macbride Hall. Gigantopithecus: The Largest Ape That Ever Lived

Nov. 21, 2000
Musk oxen skulls sampled for first ever radiocarbon dating in Iowa. Research objectives and photos