Orkin Gives Gift to Renovate Insect Zoo

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Summary

Orkin Pest Control makes a $500,000 gift for the renovation of the Insect Zoo at the National Museum of Natural History. Orkin will provide additional funding to develop educational materials and programs specifically for teachers and students.

Subject

  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Orkin Pest Control

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1992. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993, p. 31.
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7098, "Robert McC. Adams Chronology."

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1992

Topic

  • Insect zoos
  • Education
  • Entomology
  • Exhibitions
  • Gifts
  • Children

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