American Museum of Natural History and MoMA among places Ahmadinejad probably won't visit while in NYC

I enjoyed reading Joseph Abrams' humorous take on the various places and programs Iran's President Ahmadinejad would be sure to miss during his upcoming visit to New York City. Several notable museums made Abrams' list, including the American Museum of Natural History for its scientific take on natural phenomena, MoMA for its avant garde art installations, and of course the Museum of Jewish Heritage: a Living Memorial to the Holocaust for its very existence. With a bit of biting satire, Mr. Abrams reminds us that one way to deal with maniacal dictators like Iran's President is to expose their unenlightened ideologies as the completely ridiculous fallacies they are.

FOXNews.com - Where Iran's President Won't Go on His Visit to New York

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American Museum of Natural History gives a nod to another evolutionary revolutionary

Just as the world marked the sesquicentennial of the publication of Charles Darwin's landmark text On the Origin of Species this week, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City is honoring Darwin's colleague, who also did groundbreaking biological research in the mid-nineteenth century and came to many of the same conclusions. In fact, Alfred Russel Wallace independently conceived the idea of evolution by natural selection, but he is a much lesser-known figure because of Darwin's successful publication of his On the Origin of Species.

The New York Times has a nice article about Wallace's natural history collection cabinet, which is currently on loan to AMNH and is being exhibited in conjunction with their celebration of Origin's anniversary.

Museum Is Displaying Treasures of the Other Evolution Pioneer

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Museum Is Displaying Treasures of the Other Evolution Pioneer

By NICHOLAS WADE

Published: November 24, 2009

A piece once owned by Alfred Russel Wallace will be on display at the American Museum of Natural History.