Today marks the celebration of Chinese New Year – the beginning of the Year of the Horse. Though Chinese culture is not well represented in the collections of the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey, which is the primary subject…
In early July my fiancé and I, along with his brother and wife, spent two nights and three days camping at Schoolcraft State Park in northern Minnesota. The park is named after Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the geologist that discovered the…
In Hollywood, photographers who take pictures of celebrities going about their day to day routines are known as “paparazzi.” Might the same term be applied to this group of young men seen photographing this fawn in Itasca State Park on…
In honor of Veterans Day, it is apt to share a patriotic image: – Itasca State Park Commissioner John P. Gibbs at the Park House, 1902 A small slip of paper inserted within the envelope that protects this glass plate…
Yesterday, we shared images from the Training Course for Boy Scout Leaders in Forestry, Woodcraft, and Scouting that was held at Itasca State Park in August of 1920. Much of the instruction at the two-week course centered upon the identification,…
Ever since it was established as part of the Geological and Natural History Survey in 1872, the University of Minnesota’s natural history museum has provided instruction to citizens throughout the state to promote understanding and appreciation of our natural world….
A reminder to appreciate the fall season in Minnesota – no more mosquitoes! – William Kilgore Jr. and Thomas Sadler Roberts wearing “head-nets” at Itasca State Park, 1920…
– Red Squirrel, Itasca State Park, 1920 – Porcupine, Itasca State Park, July 1920 – Skunk, Itasca State Park, July 1920…
Encountering images of cute animals is an endless occupational task in implementing the Exploring project. Here is an image of a baby deer, a fawn, drinking milk from a bottle at Itasca State Park in 1917. Judging by the…