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The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum located approximately five miles (8 km) east of downtown Cleveland, Ohio in University Circle, a 550-acre (220 ha) concentration of educational, cultural and medical institutions. The museum was established in 1920 by Cyrus S. Eaton to perform research, education and development of collections in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany, geology, paleontology, wildlife biology, and zoology.〔(Cyrus Eaton - Cleveland Biography )〕 Donald Johanson was the curator of the museum when he discovered "Lucy," the skeletal remains of the ancient hominid ''Australopithecus afarensis''. The current Curator and Head of the Physical Anthropology Department is Yohannes Haile-Selassie. In 2002, the new Fannye Shafran Planetarium was built near the entrance to the museum, containing displays on the planets in the Solar System, and historical instruments of exploration, such as compasses and astrolabes. ==Exhibits== Museum collections total more than four million specimens and include specimens of paleontology, zoology, archeology, mineralogy, ornithology, and a variety of other scientific subjects. A beloved full-scale model of a ''Stegosaurus'' on the lawn delights Cleveland children. Some of the more important specimens include: *Extensive examples of Late Devonian Cleveland Shale fish. *Nine hundred monkey and ape skeletons, and more than 3,100 human skeletons (the Hamann-Todd Collection). *The only specimen of the small tyrannosaur ''Nanotyrannus lancensis''. *The holotype of the ''Haplocanthosaurus'' sauropod. *The most complete mount of a ''Coelophysis bauri''. *Mounted taxidermy remains of Balto the sled dog. *An extensive mineralogy collection that includes a moon rock and the Jeptha Wade gem collection. *Replica skeletons of Triceratops and Jane, a juvenile tyrannosaurid. *Multiple mastodon and mammoth specimens. *A cast of an ''Australopithecus afarensis'' skeleton, an early hominid affectionately dubbed Lucy. *A new T-rex skeleton that is now on display. *the Museums Allosaurus has been remounted and is on display. *A collection of 30,000 plant fossils acquired from the University of Cincinnati by former curator of paleobotany, Shya Chitaley. * A Foucault Pendulum underneath in which the Bicentennial Education Time Capsule was buried in 1996 and will be opened in 2046 〔http://topics.cleveland.com/tag/education-time-capsule/photos.html〕 The museum has made many discoveries over the years. Recently, in Vertebrate Paleontology, both the remains of a Titanicthis in Ohio and a new ceratopsian, Albertaceratops nesmoi, have been made. Both are expected to go on display eventually. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cleveland Museum of Natural History」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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