Christmas

Geese a laying!

On the Friday before Christmas Exploring Minnesota’s Natural History gave to thee: Geese a laying! – Snow Goose, goose sitting, gander standing, H.J. Jaeger flock, May 1, 1925, Owatonna – Snow Goose, goose sitting on nest, gander standing guard, H.J….


Monday Mailbag: More Season’s Greetings

It is Monday again, and as we introduced last week, a December Monday means it is time to open the mailbag to share some of the season’s greetings that Dr. Thomas Sadler Roberts received during his tenure as the curator…


Monday Mailbag: Christmas Cards

The Bell Museum of Natural History records contain more than just the administrative paperwork of a developing natural history museum. The collection also contains the personal papers of Thomas Sadler Roberts – the man who oversaw the museum in infancy…


A Black Friday Alternative

This Friday, instead of waking up at the crack of dawn to stand in a line in the bitter cold and risk injury from the stampede that ensues after the store you are hankering to bust in to (to purchase…