Dioramas of walruses and coyotes are stuffed with things to think about. Inside the dimly lit North American Mammal Diorama Hall at the Natural History Museum. (Deniz Durmus) ...

Instructors taught kids how Native Americans made birchbark canoes before teaching them how to make miniature versions out of ...

Animals are “good to think with,” the French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss famously wrote in his book on totemism. And animals in dioramas clearly can unsettle anyone’s thinking.

Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

From the deepest shadows, Slattern rises, threatening the lives of brave soldiers. Meanwhile, deep beneath the ocean, blazing magma veins illuminate the dark abyss, serving as a warning of nature's ...

“Reframing Dioramas” takes place in a hall that had been closed since the 1980s due to water damage. Following a refurbishment of its woodwork and lighting (“the dioramas are just glowing ...

Dioramas go back to, really, the turn of the last century, when instead of something like our bird hall, where everything is lined up and organized on shelves, ...

Allan Appel Photo. Michael Ortiz before diorama evoking Connecticut's Long Island shoreline. “ Absolutely magnificent,” eighth grader Michael Ortiz marveled at a representation of the Connecticut ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open a new exhibit about the pivotal battle that turned the course of the war ...

The dioramas will explore biodiversity, ecology, conservation, colonialism and changing museum display techniques. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 79°F. Friday, July 11th 2025 ...

Three dioramas at the Neshaminy Mall that depict historic events in early American history will be saved.. Fusion Gyms owner Tony Chowdhury, who purchased the shuttered Macy's store where the ...