January
May 18 "Dynamics of Evolution" Exhibit Opens in NMNH
Year:
1979
Month:
may
Day:
18
Date:
Fri, 1979-05-18
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Dynamics of Evolution, the first exhibit hall in any American science museum to explain the basic steps of evolution, opens as a permanent installation in the National Museum of Natural History. The exhibit is challenged by lawsuits from creationists but all rulings support the Smithsonian's right to display the exhibit.