Notebaert Nature Museum Turns 157
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Steve Sullivan celebrates the 157th anniversary of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
Robert Kennicott, a dashing young naturalist, was the first director of Chicago's first science museum, 36 years before the Field Museum. To mark the 157th anniversary of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Steve Sullivan, Senior Curator of Urban Ecology, brings some surprising specimens - including a Chicago rattlesnake.
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Notebaert Nature Museum Turns 157
Clip: 1/15/2014 | 10m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Robert Kennicott, a dashing young naturalist, was the first director of Chicago's first science museum, 36 years before the Field Museum. To mark the 157th anniversary of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Steve Sullivan, Senior Curator of Urban Ecology, brings some surprising specimens - including a Chicago rattlesnake.
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