Presents a visit to a natural history museum, introducing the people who work there, explaining what they do, and looking at different types of exhibits and other things to do in a museum.
Gives instructions on how to acquire, care for, preserve, classify, display, and study animals, plants, rocks, and shells. Also includes ideas for projects, a bibliography, and a list of equipment and specimen suppliers.
Provides an introduction to people who work in museums, describing the duties and responsibilities of scientists, curators, and other employees, and providing facts and information about museums.
New York archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Special Agent Pendergast try to solve a 130-year-old serial murder case after the dismembered remains of thirty-six people are found on the site of a nineteenth-century moneymaking spectacle called a "cabinet of curiosities.".
