January
May 30 NMNH Opens New "Mammals in the Limelight" Exhibit
Year:
1985
Month:
may
Day:
30
Date:
Thu, 1985-05-30
SIA Image reference:
Mammals in the Limelight opens in the National Museum of Natural History as a permanent exhibition. The exhibition consists of murals showing environmental changes of North America by depicting the landscape as it was 50, 30, 20, and 10 million years ago. Also included are mounted skeletons, including fox-sized horse, titantothere and giant stegomastodon, which reflect how animals adapted to the environmental changes.