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Natural Curiosity: USC and the Evolution of Scientific Inquiry into the Natural World is a new permanent natural environment exhibition that will go on display at McKissick Museum Oct. 13.
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| This azurite specimen is also part of the exhibit. |
The exhibit explores the process of collecting and displaying natural specimens and artifacts and what they reveal about man's relationship with and obligations to the natural world. It features an array of specimens collected during the University's past 200 years.
McKissick Museum is located on the University's historic Horseshoe. Exhibits are free and open to the public.
Museum hours are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday and University holidays.
For more information, call 7-7251 or go to www.cas.sc.edu/MCKS.
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This microscope, owned and used by A.C. Moore (1866-1928), the first chair of the USC Department of Biology, below, is one of the featured items in Natural Curiosity at McKissick Museum.
