Ancient Seas Hall, NMNH
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Creator: Steiner, John
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: April 2, 2003
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Smithsonian Photographic Services Collection
The Life in the Ancient Seas exhibit in the National Museum of Natural History held nearly one thousand fossil fish specimens. A display of fish fossils embedded in sand is in the foreground while models of sharks, rays, and other fishes hang from the ceiling. In the background a sign reads "Act Three: The Cenozoic Era". To the left there is a display case running the length of a wall with an undersea mural and a skeleton, while to the right there is a display case with a various shells, including a nautilus.
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
The Life in the Ancient Seas exhibit closed in November 2013.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Smithsonian Photographic Services Collection
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
April 2, 2003
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2003-12106
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 42"w x 28"h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print