This Brick Ark: Celebrating the Museum of Comparative Zoology’s First 150 Years and the Beginning of the Next 150 October 15, 2009

Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), the product of larger-than-life figures of 19th-century science, is a world-renowned center for research and education in evolutionary and comparative biology. The MCZ’s Director, Dr. James Hanken, will explore the history of this institution, what it can tell us about the changing role of university-based natural history museums, and what museums must do to survive—indeed, to thrive—in the 21st century. Free and open to the public. Part of the Museum of Comparative Zoology’s 150th anniversary lecture series. 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, 02138

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