Free Virtual Lecture: Taking the Smithsonian’s Fossil Halls into the Twenty-First Century

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Thursday, September 17, 2020, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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https://hmsc.harvard.edu/event/taking-smithsonian%E2%80%99s-fossil-halls-twenty-first-century

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Gazette Classification: Lecture,Science Organization/Sponsor: Harvard
Museum of Natural History and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Speaker(s): <strong>Matthew Carrano</strong> <em>Curator of
Dinosauria, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution</em> Cost: Free Ticket Web Link:
https://bit.ly/CarranoVirtualEventRegistration Harvard Key Required:
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Fossils provide evidence of how organisms have evolved and ecosystems
have changed through time—and offer clues to our present and future.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History recently
completed a seven-year renovation of its Fossil Hall, the largest in
the institution's history. Matthew Carrano, lead curator of the Fossil
Hall, will describe the museum's approach to creating a modern,
relevant exhibition for the twenty-first century, featuring new
research and more than seven hundred fossils. His talk will detail the
goals, processes, and results of this enormous project, while
highlighting the key topics selected to enhance the public's
understanding of the evolution of life on Earth. Evolution Matters
Lecture Series Series supported by a generous gift from Drs. Herman
and Joan Suit Photo credits: Portrait of Matt Carrano in the
vertebrate paleontology collections of the NMNH. [Courtesy Smithsonian
Institution] NMNH-2019-00484. Carrano in front of the T. rex being
mounted at Research Casting International in Canada. [Courtesy M.
Carrano]

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Thursday, September 17, 2020 - 18:00 to 19:00

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