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The Wilson Museum is a museum in Castine, Maine, USA. It was founded using the collection of Dr John Howard Wilson, a geologist. Wilson lived in Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Nantucket during his youth. He arrived at Castine in 1891 with his mother, Cassine Cartwright Wilson. He received a PhD in geology from Columbia University. In 1921, Mrs Wilson gave the western part of the land she owned to build a museum for John Wilson's collections. Three other buildings were added in the late 1960s, the Blacksmith Shop, Hearse House, and the John Perkins House. The exhibits include: * Rocks, minerals, shells. * Pre-historic artifacts from North and South America. * Exhibits from Europe and Africa illustrating the development of tools during the early Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron ages. * Six dioramas constructed by Ned Burns of the American Museum of Natural History in 1926. * Cultures of Africa, Oceania, North and South America. * Early weapons and firearms. * Local history. * Ship models. * 19th century carpenter's tools, farm and household equipment. * Reconstructed kitchen of 1805 and a Victorian parlor. * Special exhibits every summer using the museum's collections. * Archival material on the history of Castine. == External links == * (The Wilson Museum website ) 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「Wilson Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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