<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?><rss version="0.91"><channel><title>Directorios Universia: Gerais - Ciências en Museus e exposições</title><link>http://www1.universia.net/catalogaxxi/C10055PPESII2/S12589/P12568NN1/INDEX.HTML</link><description>GERAIS EN MUSEUS E EXPOSIÇÕES</description><language><![CDATA[es ]]></language><pubDate><![CDATA[28/11/2009 4:30:33]]></pubDate><image><url>http://www1.universia.net/catalogaxxi/img/cabecera/universia1.gif</url><title>Directorios Universia</title> <link>http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[A Science Odyssey]]></title><description><![CDATA[PBS.<BR>
«A brief overview of this Web site that compares what we knew in 1900 to what we know today.»<BR>
«Meet some of the scientists who made twentieth century history on this made-for-the-Web game show.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137783/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abriendo un camino genético]]></title><description><![CDATA[Instituto Médico Howard Hughes.<BR>
«Cada una de las 100 billones de células del cuerpo humano (excepto los glóbulos rojos de la sangre) contiene el genoma humano completo; toda la información genética necesaria para construir un ser humano. Esta información se codifica en 6 mil millones de pares de bases, las subunidades de ADN (cada óvulo y espermatozoide contiene 3 mil millones de pares de bases de ADN).»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137946/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Academy of Natural Sciences Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Academy of Natural Sciences, founded in 1812, is the oldest continuously operating natural history museum in the Western Hemisphere and has been at the forefront of scientific exploration since the 19th century. At the heart of our research is one of the world's finest natural history libraries, unparalleled in the natural science literature between 1750 and 1950.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137238/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventures in Science and Technology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's Digital Collections. Government of  Canada.<BR>
«On this site you can find cool projects from YES-VACC, profiles of Canadian Scientists, and other great information about science and technology. Just choose the subject that you want to learn about!»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E136329/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Museum of Natural History]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129331/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Introduction to Polarizing Light Microscopy ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Janet L. Schrenk and John L. Bordley, University of the South.<BR>
«This page will guide you through the basics of polarizing light microscopy, in particular as it pertains to the identification of pigments.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137757/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antarctica]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exploratorium. The museum of science, art and human perception.<BR>
«There&#8217;s no agreement on who first laid eyes on Antarctica, but the so-called "heroic era" of Antarctic exploration began in the early 1900s, when Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton led several high-profile expeditions into the heart of the continent.<BR>
Discoveries made on these journeys helped establish Antarctica as scientific territory, and paved the way for the thousands of scientists, journalists, artists, and even tourists who have followed.»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137268/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Sombras do Tempo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universidade de Lisboa. Departamento de Matemática<br>«As Sombras do Tempo" é uma iniciativa da responsabilidade do projecto Matemática em Acção do Centro de Matemática e Aplicações Fundamentais da Universidade de Lisboa, que se dedica ao estudo dos relógios de sol e se propõe contribuir para um levantamento e classificação dos exemplares existentes em Portugal.

Além do interesse histórico e arquitectónico associado aos relógios de sol, capaz de entusiasmar um vasto público, a sua construção envolve aspectos ligados à matemática e à astronomia que potenciam aplicações interessantes para os vários níveis de ensino, em especial para os ensinos básico e secundário.

O projecto "As Sombras do Tempo" pretende desenvolver a interacção entre os vários níveis de ensino, tão necessária para fomentar a comunicação e divulgação da ciência. Ao contribuir para o levantamento e classificação dos relógios de sol de Portugal, este projecto pretende também colaborar na defesa do património nacional e na reabilitação destes monumentos, alguns deles votados ao abandono no decurso das últimas décadas.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E163833/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Athena's Heirs: Exploring Four Centuries of Canadian Science and Medicine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada Museum of Science and Technology; Musée de la civilisation; Stewart Museum; Canadian Medical Hall of Fame; Museum of Health Care at Kingston; University Health Network Artifact Collection; University of Toronto Museum of Scientific Instruments; University of Toronto Museum Studies Program.<BR>Virtual Museum Canada.<BR>
«The Greek goddess of practical reason and skill, Athena personifies our eternal quest for better tools. Trace Canada's technological progress through this remarkable selection of scientific and medical instruments.»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E135899/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Australian Museum has an international reputation in the fields of natural history and indigenous studies research, community programs and exhibitions. The Museum was established in 1827 and is Australia's first museum, with unique and extensive collections of natural science and cultural artefacts.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E155727/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Science and Technology Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The largest of its kind in Canada, this Museum fulfills its mission through its collection, permanent, temporary and travelling exhibits, special events, school programs, workshops and demonstrations, publications, loans, conferences and lectures, expert advice, and joint action with other museums and organizations with similar goals and interests.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137223/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Museum of Nature]]></title><description><![CDATA[«With more than 10 million specimens gathered over more than 150 years and covering four billion years of Earth history, the Canadian Museum of Nature keeps one of Canada's most valuable assets: our natural history collections.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E155730/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Casa de las Ciencias]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ayuntamiento de Logroño.<BR>
«...concebida como un espacio dedicado a la divulgación del conocimiento científico en su más amplia acepción. Pretende combinar un ambiente educativo y lúdico con otras facetas de la ciudad como el turismo y el desarrollo urbanístico. Es un lugar para aprender y divertirse con el arte y las ciencias.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129963/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Casa de las Ciencias]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ayuntamiento de La Coruña.<BR>
«Los Museos Científicos Coruñeses (=mc2) son un Servicio del Ayuntamiento de La Coruña que comprende tres centros, la Casa de las Ciencias, Domus-Casa del Hombre y el Aquarium Finisterrae ubicados en diferentes lugares de la ciudad.<BR>
Su objetivo es la divulgación, comunicación y educación científica y tecnológica de los ciudadanos de todas las edades. Organiza exposiciones, conferencias, premios, cursillos, proyecciones, ediciones, y colabora con los medios de comunicación en tareas de difusión científica. También participa en el desarrollo y creación de reuniones, foros y congresos.»<BR>
«En su interior existen cuatro salas dedicadas a exposiciones y un planetario»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E127595/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Centro Ciência Viva de Tavira]]></title><description><![CDATA[«O Centro é um espaço de divulgação científica e tecnológica integrado na rede de Centros Ciência Viva. A água e a energia são os temas fundamentais da exposição interactiva onde o visitante pode ficar a saber mais sobre a poluição de cursos de água, a energia hidroeléctrica e a modelação da paisagem pela chuva e pelos rios. Para além desta exposição, os vários espaços onde se desenvolvem actividades e realizam experiências conferem ao Centro uma forte componente prática e experimental.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E162282/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve]]></title><description><![CDATA[«O Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve (CCVAlg) tem por missão fomentar a educação para o conhecimento científico desenvolvendo acções facilitem o interesse pela Ciência e pela Tecnologia junto dos seus públicos.<BR>
Prosseguindo o duplo objectivo, assumido em 1997, de promover a divulgação científica e reforçar o diálogo ciência &#8211; sociedade, o CCVAlg realiza múltiplas actividades e iniciativas tendo em consideração a realidade da comunidade local e os interesses do seu público.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159546/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Centro de Ciencias Explora ]]></title><description><![CDATA[«... es una de las expresiones más conocidas del conjunto de museos y centros interactivos de ciencia en México.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E130069/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paris.<BR>
«Sobre 55 hectáreas del Este de París, se extiende el emplazamiento de la Villette constituido por la Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie, el Parc de la Villette, la Grande halle, el Zénith y la Cité de la Musique.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E135739/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Città della Scienza]]></title><description><![CDATA[Napoli.<BR>
«Città della Scienza, reinventata spazialmente in una bellissima fabbrica dello scorso secolo su un progetto dello Studio di Architettura Pica Ciamarra Associati, è il primo tassello operativo della futura Bagnoli, un tempo cuore industriale e produttivo della città di Napoli.Città della Scienza si estende su una superficie di 65.000 metri quadri, di cui 45.000 al coperto - costituiti da autentici monumenti di archeologia industriale - e sarà completamente realizzata entro la fine di quest'anno.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138627/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harvard University.<BR>
«Harvard University has been purchasing scientific instruments on a continuous basis for teaching and research since 1764. The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, which was established in 1949 to preserve this apparatus as a resource for teaching and research in the history of science and technology, has become one of the three largest university collections of its kind in the world. Originally associated with the Harvard library system, the Collection became affiliated with the History of Science Department in 1987.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159402/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cosmo Caixa Barcelona]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fundació "la Caixa".<BR>
«CosmoCaixa Barcelona es un museo vivo, donde siempre pasan cosas. Un espacio que cambia y evoluciona.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E157341/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court Scientists. The Art of Experimentation in the Galilean Accademia del Cimento (1657-1667)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Institute and Museum of the History of Science.<BR>
«Founded in 1657 by Prince Leopoldo and the Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando II de' Medici, the Accademia del Cimento [Academy of Experiment] was the first scientific society in Europe, preceding the Royal Society of London and the Académie des Sciences of Paris by a few years. The foundation of the Accademia del Cimento institutionalized an informal tradition of experimentation started in the Court of Ferdinando II in the mid 1640s. The declared purpose of the Academy was the development and diffusion of Galilean experimental methodology.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138580/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosikid - Museo de los Niños de Caracas]]></title><description><![CDATA[El Museo de los Niños de Caracas ha preparado www.curiosikid.com un site con más de 400 experimentos que los niños pueden realizar en la escuela y en su hogar con materiales de bajo costo para comprender los principios básicos de las ciencias.
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E158503/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dance of Chance!]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Explore fractals and other exciting, beautiful patterns found in nature as you take a virtual tour through the Dance of Chance! This project is a collaboration between the Center for Polymer Studies (CPS) at Boston University and the Museum of Science. Based on current research pursued by CPS scientists and other scientists around the world, the exhibit demonstrates examples of nature's processes which on the microscopic level appear to be dominated by chance.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138236/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daylight Saving Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement (IDEA).<BR>
«The main purpose of Daylight Saving Time (called "Summer Time" many places in the world) is to make better use of daylight. We change our clocks during the summer months to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. Countries have different change dates.»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137321/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denver Museum of Nature and Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Museum&#8217;s collections include more than 650,000 objects, curated in the departments of Anthropology, Earth Sciences, and Zoology. Significant holdings include the original Folsom point and related archaeological specimens, fossil plants, mammals and dinosaurs, important Southwestern and Plains archaeological materials, cultural objects in the Crane Native American collection, extensive ornithology and mammal collections from the western interior, and significant gold and mineral specimens from around the world.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137242/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deutsches Museum ]]></title><description><![CDATA[München.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E135696/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diving Into the Gene Pool]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exploratorium. The museum of science, art and human perception.<BR>
«DNA is the carrier of genetic information in every cell of a living organizsm. In this section, investigate the twists and turns of the DNA molecule, where all the information needed to build and operate a living organism is stored.»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137274/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[DNA:The Instruction Manual for Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Tech Museum of Innovation.<BR>
«DNA is in every cell of your body. Join us as we zoom in on a human hand until we get down inside of the nucleus. The nucleus contains DNA, the Instruction Manual for your body.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138207/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Domus - Casa del Hombre]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ayuntamiento de La Coruña.<BR>
«Domus, la Casa del Hombre, es el primer museo interactivo del mundo que trata de forma global y monográfica el ser humano. Fue inaugurado el 7 de abril de 1995, y se encuentra en el Paseo Marítimo de Riazor.<BR>
El museo está pensado para divertir al visitante, estimulando su curiosidad y suscitando su reflexión acerca de las características de la especie humana. Trata de sugerir respuestas a la necesidad de cada uno de conocerse mejor, como individuo y como colectivo. Mediante la interactividad e interdisciplinaridad, y con la ayuda de la tecnología actual, persigue un objetivo que ya se pretendía desde antiguo: "Conócete a ti mismo".»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E127598/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecomuseo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universidad Michoacana. Facultad de Biologia.<br>Laboratorio de Biología y Conservación de la Tortuga Marina y de la UMSNH. Sedesol. Pacmyc del Fonca. 
Ecotonia A.C. Earth Island Institute. ITESO de Guadalajara.<br>« El Ecomuseo de Colola funciona gracias a las aportaciones de los visitantes quienes pagan una cuota simbolica, y se sostiene con donaciones voluntarias de personas o grupos que simpatizan con el programa.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E128882/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ediziones digitale dei Saggi di Naturali Esperienze]]></title><description><![CDATA[Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza.<BR>
«Pubblicati nel 1667, i Saggi presentano una sintesi dei lavori sperimentali compiuti lungo l'arco di un decennio. Il libro, sontuosamente illustrato, riscosse notevole successo. Nel 1684 comparve la prima traduzione inglese (Essayes of natural experiments made in the Academie del Cimento) ad opera di Richard Waller e nel 1731, lo scienziato olandese Petrus van Musschenbroek curò l'edizione latina (Tentamina experimentorum naturalium captorum in Academia del Cimento &#8230;). Fra le edizioni pubblicate successivamente, da segnalare quella curata da V. Antinori, per il Terzo Congresso degli Scienziati Italiani, svoltosi a Firenze nel 1841. In occasione della mostra Scienziati a Corte, viene proposta per la prima volta l'edizione digitale dei Saggi, al fine di offrire un moderno strumento di consultazione.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138581/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epact : Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, Museum of the History of Science, Florence, The British Museum, and Museum Boerhaave, Leiden.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138612/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experimentarium ]]></title><description><![CDATA[«...science centre concentrating on nature and technology, the environment and health where you are guaranteed an eventful day with the help of 300 exciting exhibits.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E135705/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exploratório Infante D. Henrique]]></title><description><![CDATA[«O Exploratório foi constituído, como associação sem fins lucrativos, em Novembro de 1995 por iniciativa do Centro de Iniciação Científica da Universidade de Coimbra, único sobrevivente de uma proposta, em 1991, do então Instituto Nacional de Investigação Científica, que visava a criação de uma rede de centros interactivos em Portugal. Este centro começou por realizar, em 1992/93, uma primeira exposição interactiva e uma acção FOCO para professores de Física e Química sobre o ensino experimental destas ciências, a que se seguiram exposições integradas nas semanas "Viva a Ciência", em 1993-1995, da iniciativa da então Secretaria de Estado da Ciência e Tecnologia.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159528/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exploratorium ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The museum of science, art and human perception.<BR>
«Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 12,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics. We currently serve seventeen million visitors a year. That makes us one of the most visited museum Web sites in the world.»<BR>
«Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of over 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote museums as educational centers.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137243/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fábrica de Ciência Viva]]></title><description><![CDATA[Centro de Ciência Viva de Aveiro, é um museu que visa promover a cultura científica e tecnológica através do incentivo à experimentação. O facto de a Universidade de Aveiro ter um papel central na criação e gestão deste centro, oferece-lhe características particulares.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159824/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Franklin and His Friends: Portraying the Man of Science in Eighteenth-Century America]]></title><description><![CDATA[National Portrait Gallery. Smithsonian Institution.<BR>
«This exhibition examines the eighteenth-century fascination with science and the "man of science" as an ideal figure through portraits, botanical drawings, rare books, microscopes, telescopes, and electrical machines.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E135712/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Franklin Institute Science Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137244/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gallica]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bibliothèque Nationale de France.<BR>
«Gallica propose un accès à 70 000 ouvrages numérisés, à plus de 80 000 images et à plusieurs dizaines d'heures de ressources sonores. Cet ensemble constitue l'une des plus importantes bibliothèques numériques accessibles gratuitement sur l'Internet.<BR>
Les fonds de Gallica sont extraits de la bibliothèque numérique de la BnF. Ils ont été choisis de manière à dessiner une bibliothèque patrimoniale et encyclopédique. Cette collection rassemble des éditions prestigieuses, dictionnaires et périodiques. Elle concerne de nombreuses disciplines telles l'histoire, la littérature, les sciences, la philosophie, le droit, l'économie ou les sciences politiques.<BR>
Si ces fonds privilégient la culture francophone, ils offrent aussi nombre de classiques étrangers en version originale ou en traduction. Cet ensemble de romans, d'essais, de revues, de textes célèbres et d'&#339;uvres plus rares est ici réuni pour permettre à tout lecteur, du curieux au bibliophile, du lycéen à l'universitaire, d'approfondir la connaissance d'une époque dans ses aspects politiques, philosophiques, scientifiques ou littéraires.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E162127/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genetics: Decoding Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Museum of  Science and Industry. Chicago.
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137325/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvard Museum of Natural History]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harvard University.<BR>
«The HMNH is a public museum associated with several Harvard scientific research collections. It offers exhibitions, educational opportunities, family activities, and an international travel program.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159396/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houston Museum of Natural Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Founded in 1909, the purpose of the Houston Museum of Natural Science has always been to "enhance in individuals the knowledge and delight in natural science and related subjects..." To this very day, this purpose is carried out in every project, program and exhibition associated with the museum.<BR>
As we enter a new century, the Houston Museum of Natural Science is ranked as the nation's 4th most highly attended Museum.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137245/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houston Museum of Natural Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Houston Museum of Natural Science offers a rich and diverse array of things to see, hear and touch in our many permanent exhibits.<BR>
Come meet the past rulers of our planet in the Paleontology Hall...or explore the ways oil and natural gas are formed and how energy is used in our interactive Wiess Energy Hall...or create a chemical reaction in the Welch Chemistry Hall while learning about chemical processes and their importance in our everyday world.<BR>
Be dazzled by some of the rarest and most beautiful crystallized minerals in the Cullen Hall of Gems & Minerals...or fascinated by hundreds of the most spectacular shells in the Strake Hall of Malacology.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E160117/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hungarian Natural History Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Hungarian Natural History Museum is the largest natural history museum in Hungary. We present on these pages the Museum's exhibitions, collections, scientific research and other activities.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159805/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immaginario Scientico. Museo della Scienza]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trieste.<BR>
«L'idea di fondo di questo tipo di musei scientifici è tanto semplice quanto relativamente nuova in Italia: offrire ai visitatori la possibilità di riprodurre quegli esperimenti che hanno fatto la storia della scienza (e degli scienziati) piuttosto che mostrare loro gli strumenti con i quali si fecero quegli esperimenti. La massima preferita dai musei di questo tipo è: &#8220;se ascolto dimentico, se vedo ricordo, se faccio capisco&#8221;.»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138595/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza]]></title><description><![CDATA[Firenze.<BR>
«L'Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza è stato fondato nel 1927 per iniziativa dell'Università di Firenze, ed ha sede nel Palazzo Castellani, nel cuore della Firenze storica. L'Istituto svolge una importante attività di ricerca e possiede una ricca biblioteca. La collezione del Museo comprende circa 5000 pezzi originali, divisi in due nuclei fondamentali: apparecchi e strumenti scientifici medicei e raccolte lorenesi di strumenti e apparati didattici e sperimentali.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E130244/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jardín Botánico "José Celestino Mutis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Fundado en 1955, es el primer centro de investigación y conservación de la flora colombiana, especialmente andina. El jardín presenta ambientes como el Bosque Andino, el "Sistemático", para el estudio de la evolución de las plantas; los viveros al aire libre y de clima cálido; el Herbal, para plantas medicinales de tierra; la Rocalla, para la plantación de cáctus y flora formada en las rupturas de las cordilleras, y muchas otras muestras de botánica.»

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129669/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[La ciencia cortesana en la España de Felipe II]]></title><description><![CDATA[Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Universidad de Alicante.<BR>
Por Grupo Folchia, Historia de la Farmacia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.<BR>
«Una parte muy importante de la Historia es aquélla que se ocupa del desarrollo científico. El estudio de los textos y libros que conforman el grupo de inquietudes intelectuales de una sociedad debe ir siempre acompañado de una mirada a la Ciencia. O, quizás, al revés: el propio estudio de la Historia de la Ciencia es un buen índice para ver las propuestas dadas ante los problemas, la capacidad de implicación de toda una sociedad, los proyectos futuros y las necesidades a solventar. De esta forma aparece ante nuestros ojos cómo era el espíritu mismo de las gentes de un tiempo. Desconocemos cómo era para ellos el concepto 'Ciencia', según lo aplicamos hoy. Pero de lo que sí estamos seguros es de que eran conscientes del efecto utilitario socializador que finalmente producían tanto la Ciencia cómo la Técnica.»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E161860/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[La Comisión Científica del Pacífico (1862-1866)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC.
<BR>«Cuando en mayo de 1862 se pensó agregar una Comisión Científica a una escuadra naval que se enviaba a aguas del Pacífico, el principal objetivo que se le asignó fue el de recoger toda clase de objetos de la naturaleza para incrementar los fondos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales y aclimatar y propagar seres vivos que fuesen útiles a la economía española. La labor de estos comisionados &#8211;sobre todo de los cuatro que hicieron el periplo en su totalidad: Martínez, Espada, Almagro e Isern - fue encomiable. En la memoria que le encargó redactar el gobierno a su regreso a España el cronista de la Expedición, Manuel Almagro (1866), da cuenta, no sin cierto orgullo, del botín adquirido: un total de ¡82.465 objetos de historia natural! que en la actualidad están custodiados por el Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) y el Real Jardín Botánico (CSIC).»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E126552/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[La natura, l'uomo e le arti. La scienza nuova a Padova tra Cinquecento e Settecento]]></title><description><![CDATA[Università degli Studi di Padova.<BR>
«...scoprire alcuni dei preziosi cimeli storico-scientifici dell&#8217;Università. 
Ricordiamo che il Bo, dove si trova quel capolavoro costituito dal più antico Teatro anatomico stabile d&#8217;Europa ancora esistente, fu sede delle lezioni di scienziati famosi ed ospitò anche, nel Settecento, il Museo Vallisneriano e il primo laboratorio di fisica sperimentale in un&#8217;Università italiana, il cosiddetto Teatro di Filosofia Sperimentale.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138623/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leonardo's Codex Leicester: A Masterpiece of Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[American Museum of Natural History.<BR>
«This is an exhibition of the only manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) still in private hands and the only one in America. The presentation offers an in-depth view of the scientific thinking of one of the greatest geniuses in the history of the western world. The Codex Leicester, written between 1506 and 1510, opens a window onto the mind of the awe-inspiring Renaissance artist, scientist, and thinker, while illuminating both the scientific process itself and the creativity of that process. The manuscript, which is on loan from William H. Gates III, reveals Leonardo as a man of transcendent brilliance.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129356/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Macleay Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Museum of the History of Science.<BR>
University of Sydney.<BR>
«Alexander Macleay was a collector as well as a bureaucrat of science. For 27 years he was honorary secretary of the Linnean Society of London. His serious minded pursuit of collecting meant that by 1805 his collection was one of the more important in England. When William Kirby and William Spence collaborated to produce an 'Introduction to Entomology' Macleay's collection was a crucial source for the scheme. By 1825 his insect collection was now without parallel in England, not merely because of its size but also for its range and importance of specimens. Over 9000 of them were specimens from which the first published descriptions were made.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E135611/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miami Museum of Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Museum promotes science literacy and serves as a catalyst for continued science exploration by providing science education in a stimulating, enjoyable, non-threatening environment.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E130932/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[MicroAngela's Electron Microscope Image Gallery]]></title><description><![CDATA[MicroAngela is a creation of Tina (Weatherby) Carvalho of the Biological Electron Microscope Facility, (BEMF), part of the Pacific Biomedical Research Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.<BR>
«Come explore familiar and unexpected views of the microscopic world with these colorized images from electron microscopes at the University of Hawaii. To begin, please click any image to enlarge and learn more.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138120/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mille anni di scienza in Italia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Institute and Museum of the History of Science.<BR>
«La scelta del tema generale "Mille Anni di Scienza in Italia" dipende dalla consapevolezza che lo sviluppo inaudito della ricerca scientifica e le applicazioni che ne sono derivate hanno costituito uno dei caratteri distintivi del decorso Millennio. Nessuno scenario e nessun campo dell'attività umana hanno infatti registrato negli ultimi mille anni una trasformazione così radicale come le scienze della natura e le tecniche. È parso dunque opportuno, in occasione del passaggio di Millennio, proporre una riflessione su questo eccezionale cammino e sul contributo offerto da istituzioni e ricercatori italiani, nonché sullo stato presente e sulle prospettive della ricerca scientifica e le sue implicazioni culturali, civili ed economiche.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138579/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miramon. KutxaEspacio de la Ciencia]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Hay un largo camino entre los descubrimientos científicos y sus aplicaciones tecnológicas que, además, suelen ser muy opacas para el gran público. La opción de contenidos propuestos significa una parte importante de los cimientos del edificio de la ciencia representada por la mecánica, óptica y electricidad y magnetismo (ACCIONES CONTROLADAS, JUEGOS DE LUZ Y CHISPAS DE ENERGÍA respectivamente). Pero para recoger la tendencia interdisciplinar de las diferentes ciencias y teniendo en cuenta que las comunicaciones han adquirido una dimensión planetaria se propone un espacio de exposición central con dos niveles superpuestos NAVE TIERRA y COMUNICACIÓN. Esta visión de la ciencia está claramente basada en una mirada humana y no puede obviarse una reflexión crítica sobre el modo en que los humanos 'vemos' el mundo real que existe a nuestro alrededor. Esta reflexión se produce a partir de la exposición sobre percepción (SENTIDO Y SENSIBILIDAD).»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E127871/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Balear de Ciencias Naturales]]></title><description><![CDATA[«El Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals de Sóller és una entitat dedicada a l`estudi, la conservació i a la divulgació de la natura dins l`àmbit de les Illes Balears. Fou inaugurat al 1992 i es troba ubicat a un casal de principis de segle: el Camp d`en Prohom. En els terrenys que envolten la casa, s`hi troba el Jardí Botànic de Sóller.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E127584/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de Ciencias]]></title><description><![CDATA[«El Museo de Ciencias es el  más antiguo del país, fue creado el 28 de octubre de 1875. Es una Fundación del Estado venezolano, cuya misión es valorar y comunicar el conocimiento al pueblo venezolano, fomentar la inclusión social, la participación protagónica y el ejercicio de la ciudadanía.<BR>
El Museo de Ciencias investiga, preserva y custodia el patrimonio científico del país en sus colecciones que alcanzan aproximadamente las 200 mil piezas, con los bienes patrimoniales más importantes del país en el ámbito científico. Este patrimonio se pone al alcance del pueblo venezolano con nuestras exposiciones y eventos, que a lo largo del país, aportan conocimientos a públicos diversos.<BR>
El Museo de Ciencias de Caracas es el único en su tipo de carácter nacional con una política estratégica de presencia en todo el país. Somos la institución cultural que sirve a todo el país con el objetivo de llevar el conocimiento al pueblo y fomentar la valoración social de la ciencia, el patrimonio científico-cultural venezolano y nuestra historia.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159476/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de Ciencias]]></title><description><![CDATA[«El Museo de Ciencias es el  más antiguo del país, fue creado el 28 de octubre de 1875. Es una Fundación del Estado venezolano, cuya misión es valorar y comunicar el conocimiento al pueblo venezolano, fomentar la inclusión social, la participación protagónica y el ejercicio de la ciudadanía.<BR>
El Museo de Ciencias investiga, preserva y custodia el patrimonio científico del país en sus colecciones que alcanzan aproximadamente las 200 mil piezas, con los bienes patrimoniales más importantes del país en el ámbito científico. Este patrimonio se pone al alcance del pueblo venezolano con nuestras exposiciones y eventos, que a lo largo del país, aportan conocimientos a públicos diversos.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159737/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de Ciencias de Ensenada ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Museo de Ciencias de Ensenada y Caracol Centro Cientíico y Cultural.<BR> A.C. «Teniendo a la comunidad de Ensenada, y principalmente a sus niños y jóvenes como los principales destinatarios de su obra, los objetivos del Museo han sido vincular a la población con la comunidad científica, coadyuvar a la enseñanza de las Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, divulgar la ciencia como parte de la vida diaria y promover la educación ambiental.»<BR>«Desde sus inicios, el Museo se ha caracterizado por congregar el esfuerzo desinteresado de académicos, estudiantes y público en general.De esta forma, se han realizado audiovisuales y pláticas de divulgación científica, cursos, campañas de forestación y limpieza, excursiones, programas de ecoturismo, y talleres de ciencias y educación ambiental. Además, la institución ha participado en numerosos foros y congresos y ha prestado apoyo educativo a las escuelas de la ciudad.» 

 

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E128334/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de Ciencias Naturales «Augusto G. Schulz»]]></title><description><![CDATA[Subsecretaría de Cultura - Gobierno de la Provincia del Chaco<br>
«El museo atesora hoy más de 4.000  piezas  museológicas que integran sus colecciones,   3.600 de ellas se hallan actualmente determinadas e inventariadas y unas 400  aún sin determinar, incluyendo principalmente fragmentos fósiles de nuestra región y  trozos de rocas  procedentes de otras provincias.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129469/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de Ciencias Naturales del Duranguesado]]></title><description><![CDATA[Durango, Vizcaya.<BR>
«Los fondos del museo cuentan en la actualidad con un total de, más o menos, 26.000 ejemplares informatizados, aunque esta cifra está aumentando continuamente, a medida que se van dando de alta nuevos especímenes que están sin revisar.»<BR>
Dispone de colecciones de botánica, geología, paleontología y zoología.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129115/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de Historia Natural - Instituto de Ciencias Naturales]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional<br>
«Comenzó a funcionar en 1936 y contiene gran parte del legado histórico científico colombiano. En el primer piso se expone una sección de mastozoología (mamiferos). La sala 2 está dedicada a los peces y reptiles, la sala 3 expone los temas de evolución y paleoantropología y la sala 4 está dedicada a la antropología. El museo cuenta también con auditorio y herbario.» 

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129668/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de Historia Natural - Planetario de Bogotá ]]></title><description><![CDATA[«El Museo de Historia Natural fue creado en 1984 con el objetivo de mostrar al público los diferentes pisos térmicos del país, y en especial la fauna y flora de cada uno. El museo pretende servir como medio científico y pedagógico para la investigación y divulgación de la flora y fauna colombianas. Cada nivel que conforma la estructura del museo representa un piso térmico diferente. De cada piso hay una explicación de sus principales características, como su temperatura promedio, lluviosidad, altura, zonas del pais que ocupa y fauna y flora representativas.»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129667/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de la Ciencia y de la Técnica de Cataluña - mNATEC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Generalitat de Cataluña, Departamento de Cultura.<BR>
«L'objectiu general del mNACTEC és fomentar el coneixement de la història de la ciència, de la tècnica i del procés d'industrialització de Catalunya, així com també dels processos productius a la societat.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129042/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de la Ciencia y el Agua]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ayuntamiento de Murcia. La Universidad de Murcia es entidad colaboradora.<BR>
«Inaugurado en diciembre de 1996, tiene como objetivos los de fomentar la curiosidad, acercar al público los conocimientos científicos de una forma divertida y participativa, convencidos de que la divulgación científica contribuye de manera importante a la democratización de la sociedad y a la participación en la toma de decisiones que nos pueden afectar en el futuro.»<BR>
Dispone de un planetario.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E127882/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de La Plata]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo.<BR>
«El Museo de La Plata es un museo de Ciencias Naturales y a diferencia de otros museos de este tipo, incluye Ciencias del Hombre como Arqueología, Antropología, Etnografía, etc.»<BR>
«Comprende 21 salas de recorrido progresivo, desde lo inorgánico a lo orgánico, hasta concluir con el hombre y su cultura. Estas salas abarcan la planta baja y la planta alta del museo que exhibe una mínima fracción de sus colecciones. Las distintas ramas de las Ciencias Naturales totalizan unos 2.500.000 de objetos clasificados, provenientes de adquisiciones, donaciones y, fundamentalmente, de recolecciones de campo que realizan los científicos de la Institución.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129143/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de las Ciencias de Castilla-La Mancha]]></title><description><![CDATA[Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha. Cuenca.<BR>
«El Museo de las Ciencias ocupa un conjunto de edificios antiguos a los que se ha añadido uno de nueva construcción que se asienta, a su vez, sobre restos medievales y construcciones de los siglos XVlll y XlX.»<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.jccm.es/museociencias/planetario_gen.html" TARGET="TOP">Planetario</A>]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E128963/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de las Ciencias "Príncipe Felipe"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia. Generalitat Valenciana.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E128948/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo de las Ciencias Universum ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México<br>
«Recorrido informativo por cada una de sus salas, mapa del recinto y ubicación de este museo interactivo de las ciencias.
Ofrece salas sobre: Agricultura y alimentación, Biodiversidad, Biología Humana y Salud, Conciencia de nuestra ciudad, Energía, Espacio Infantil, Estructura de la materia, Infraestructura de Nuestra Nación, Matemáticas, Química, Tecnología Satelital, Una balsa en el tiempo y el Universo.»<br><A HREF="http://www.universum.unam.mx/index.html" TARGET="TOP">Historia de Universum</A>]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E128830/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo della Strumentazione e Informazione Cristallografica]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Ideato e realizzato dall'Ing. Fausto D'Aprile, come progetto culturale finalizzato alla raccolta, la tutela e la valorizzazione di quegli strumenti che hanno contribuito al progresso della scienza, il Museo conserva materiale di interesse storico-scientifico databile ai primi del '900. La scelta di inserire il Museo della Strumentazione nella realtà scientifica dell'Istituto di Cristallografia è scaturita dalla constatazione del diffuso interesse verso i Musei Scientifici, organismi, questi, in grado di contribuire efficacemente alla diffusione della cultura secondo un ideale unitario del Sapere.<BR>
Allestito nella Sezione di Roma dell' Istituto di Cristallografia del CNR, il Museo ripercorre in tre sezioni la straordinaria avventura scientifica della Cristallografia. In particolare la sezione Strumentazione mostra strumenti ed apparati originali, come ad esempio: diffrattometri automatici per polveri e per cristallo singolo; goniometri di Weissenberg, Buerger, Guinier - de Wolff; camere per diffrazione di Straumanis, Arndt - Wonnacott, Debye - Scherrer, Gandolfi, ecc.; microscopi e goniometri ottici, microdensitometri, goniocomparatori, criostati, spettrometri, componentistica per raggi - X, ed altro.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159225/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo di Palazzo Poggi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Università degli Studi di Bologna.<BR>
«  

Nel 1805, con il trasferimento dell'Università nelle stanze di Palazzo Poggi, i laboratori dell'Istituto diventavano il luogo di sperimentazione di un ateneo moderno, una sorta di facoltà scientifica-separata anche logisticamente da quella umanistica e giuridica-attrezzata con mezzi sperimentali e tecnici, rinnovata nell'organizzazione e riformata nei curricula, che esorbitava ormai, e non solo metaforicamente, rispetto all'architettura del Palazzo cinquecentesco.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138625/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo di Storia Naturale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Università degli Studi di Firenze.<BR>
Antropologia. Botanica. Geologia e Paleontologia. Zoologia. Orto Botanico.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138592/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo di Storia Naturale Don Bosco]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Fondato da Don Bosco nel 1878 con l'acquisto di una collezione zoologica per l'Istituto Valsalice, il Museo fu ed è tuttora arricchito con materiale proveniente da tutto il mondo, in particolare dalle Missioni Salesiane. Accanto ad una serie di strumenti scientifici dei secoli XIX e XX, vi è la maggiore esposizione mineralogica del Piemonte, di 5.000 campioni circa.<BR>
Sono pure esposti fossili, animali, erbari e una documentazione di culture presenti e passate, soprattutto dell'America Latina.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159991/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología]]></title><description><![CDATA[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129036/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología]]></title><description><![CDATA[«...institución orientada a la recuperación, conservación, investigación y difusión de la historia de la ciencia a través del patrimonio científico y tecnológico que conserva y da a conocer a sus visitantes.<BR>
Entre los objetos de su colección se encuentran instrumentos científicos de gran valor histórico y cultural, a través de los cuales se muestra la evolución de las distintas ramas de la ciencia y la tecnología.<BR>
El diálogo entre el pasado y la actualidad científica es una constante en el Museo a través de visitas guiadas, publicaciones y demás actividades didácticas, que incluyen sus creaciones multimedia en distintos soportes.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E127875/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC.<BR>
«El Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales es una institución única dentro del CSIC porque además de llevar a cabo investigación científica puntera, gestiona una importante colección de especímenes, y desarrolla un programa de exposiciones y actividades educativas dirigidas al público general.<BR>
El objetivo común de todas las actividades del Museo es promover un conocimiento más completo de la diversidad del mundo natural. Este conocimiento se aplica a la conservación del medio ambiente, y es transmitido a la comunidad para mejorar la percepción de la ciencia y de la riqueza de nuestro patrimonio natural.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E126579/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Nacional de Historia Natural]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gobierno de Chile.<br>«...es la entidad estatal permanente que conserva, investiga, educa y comunica el conocimiento generado por sus colecciones testimoniales para promover la valoración y comprensión de la diversidad biológica y cultural de Chile, en beneficio del desarrollo sostenido de la comunidad nacional.»<BR>«El Museo Nacional de Historia Natural es uno de los más antiguos de América; fue fundado el 14 de septiembre de 1830 por el sabio francés Claude Gay, contratado por el gobierno de Chile para realizar un completo estudio sobre Chile y "formar un gabinete de Historia Natural, que contenga las principales producciones vegetales y minerales del territorio".»
<BR><A HREF="http://www.mnhn.cl/exposiciones/tituexpo.htm" TARGET="TOP">Exposición virtual: biogeografía de Chile, isla de Pascua, arqueología y etnografía de Chile, minerales, sala de la ballena</A>]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E127441/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Nazionale della scienza e della Tecnica]]></title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159989/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnica "Leonardo da Vinci"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Milano.<BR>
«...con ventotto sezioni, dall'informatica ai motori all'astronomia, 40.000 metri quadri di esposizioni, e un immenso patrimonio di 15.000 reperti, il Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia"Leonardo da Vinci" di Milano è uno dei più importanti musei tecnico-scientifici del mondo.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E130241/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo pedagógico de Ciencias Naturales "J.M. Hernando" ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universidad de Valladolid.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E127272/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Istituito nel 1978, il Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali è ospitato nell'edificio seicentesco che fu sede dell'Ospedale San Giovanni Battista. Riunisce collezioni di botanica, entomologia, geologia - mineralogia - petrografia, paleontologia e zoologia, in parte provenienti dai Musei universitari e in parte frutto di nuove acquisizioni.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159990/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Tecnológico "Ingeniero Eduardo Latzina"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ubicado en la Escuela Industrial "Otto Krause", Buenos Aires.<BR>
«El objetivo fundamental a alcanzar por el Museo Tecnológico, único en Latinoamérica con tales características, es que sea un instrumento para enseñar, difundir e interpretar tecnologías tradicionales y de vanguardia, y desempeñar un rol importantísimo en la enseñanza de tecnologías y ciencia, como así también en temas propios de las distintas ramas de la industria, consideradas desde principios de siglo y aún desde antes.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129112/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trento.<BR>
«Il Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali di Trento raccoglie e ordina materiale di storia naturale con prevalente indirizzo alpino. Le esposizioni descrivono i più significativi reperti mineralogico-paleontologici del territorio e la sua storia geologica con particolare attenzione al territorio dolomitico e ai dintorni della città di Trento.    
La sezione di paleontologia umana descrive le prime presenze umane della regione, riferibili all'uomo di Neandertal e quindi del popolamento della regione realizzatosi a partire da 12 mila anni fa. Tra i reperti esposti sono di particolare rarità gli oggetti artistici costituiti da ciottoli e ossi incisi con motivi geometrici e statuette.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E130274/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Universitario del Chopo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM.<BR>
«En sus orígenes estaba destinado a la presentación de exposiciones industriales durante las fiestas del Centenario de la Independencia de México (1910); y fue sede de la exposición industrial japonesa, por lo que también fue conocido como Pabellón Japonés. A partir de 1913 y hasta 1964 albergó al Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, espacio donde se tenía una fabulosa colección de animales disecados, fósiles y muestras de plantas medicinales; cuyos especimenes más renombrados son la impresionante reproducción de la estructura ósea del dinosaurio jurásico Diplodocus, el esqueleto del Elefante Imperial del Valle de México, una enorme ballena y las exóticas pulgas vestidas.<BR>
En 1973 la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México promueve su rescate después de nueve años de abandono, lo restaura para convertirlo en un centro de difusión del arte y la cultura universitaria, nace así, en 1975 el Museo Universitario del Chopo.»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129155/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museo Vasco de Historia de la Medicina y de las Ciencias]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universidad del País Vasco.<BR>
«El Museo Vasco de Historia de la Medicina y de las Ciencias "José Luis Goti" inició su andadura en 1974, en la Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Bilbao, tras la recogida de los primeros objetos aportados por unos pocos médicos y académicos. Después de un comienzo dificil y con la ayuda de la comunidad universitaria, logró inaugurar la primera sala en 1979, en la Facultad de Medicina de Leioa y su inauguración oficial data del 25 de Mayo de 1982...»<BR>
«Está concebido como un Museo de Historia de la Medicina, pero también como Museo de Tecnología y Ciencias Naturales».<BR>
«Su actividad es preferentemente científica, docente, cultural y museística, pero además realiza una labor editorial, bibliográfica, informática y de intercambio de documentación con otros museos.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E127253/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museu da Ciência]]></title><description><![CDATA[«O Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra é um museu  interactivo de ciência que procura dar a conhecer a ciência a públicos de todas as idades, a partir das colecções de instrumentos científicos da Universidade de Coimbra e de um conjunto de experiências e actividades que envolvem o visitante.

Mantém uma actividade muito diversificada, entre exposições temporárias, visitas guiadas, conversas com cientistas e ateliers, que têm tido um excelente e crescente acolhimento na sociedade portuguesa.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E174159/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museu de Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Ciências<br>«O Museu de Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa tem por principal objectivo promover a cultura através da sensibilização dos seus visitantes para as ciências ditas "exactas" e seus prolongamentos tecnológicos. O Museu possui uma exposição permanente de natureza histórica e interactiva, um planetário, um observatório astronómico, biblioteca, sala multimédia e ainda espaços oitocentistas magníficos tais como o Laboratorio e Amphitheatro de Chimica e o Observatorio Astronomico da antiga Escola Politécnica.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E169109/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museu de Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa ]]></title><description><![CDATA[«O Museu de Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa tem como um dos seus objectivos fundamentais contribuir para a generalização, no seio da população &#8211; sobretudo jovem &#8211; da literacia científica, isto é, da aquisição de uma cultura básica no domínio da Ciência, incluindo a natural utilização quotidiana do método científico no seu modo de pensar e de actuar.<BR>
Nao se trata exclusivamente de um centro de ciência mas de um museu que, além dos módulos participativos existentes naqueles, se procura incluir, por diversos meios, o enquadramento histórico da evolução da Ciência.  A componente museológica é ainda reforçada pela recolha e conservação de equipamento científico original de investigação e ensino, com exemplares de época que se situam entre os séculos XVII e XX.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138621/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museu de Geociências ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Instituto de Geociências da Universidade de São Paulo<br> 
«O Museu de Geociências do Instituto de Geociências da Universidade de São Paulo possui um dos mais importantes acervos do País. 
São 10.000 amostras de minerais, minérios, gemas, rochas, fósseis, espeleotemas e meteoritos, entre estes o Itapuranga, o terceiro maior do Brasil.»

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129644/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museu do Douro]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Ao Museu foram confiadas vastas e diversificadas atribuições nas áreas da museografia, investigação e acção cultural. Cabe-lhe assim por missão:
a) reunir, identificar, documentar, investigar, preservar, conservar e exibir ao público todas as fontes históricas e antropológicas, espirituais e materiais de todo o património cultural e natural da Região do Douro, em particular o ligado à produção, promoção e comercialização dos vinhos da Região do Douro, em especial do vinho generoso (vinho do Porto);
b) promover e apoiar, em qualquer tipo de suporte, no País e no estrangeiro, a publicação, edição, realização e exibição de materiais e de estudos de carácter científico e ou divulgativo da Região, do seu património, do Museu e das suas colecções;
c) promover exposições, congressos, conferências, seminários e outras actividades de carácter semelhante»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E156632/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museu do Mar-Rei D. Carlos]]></title><description><![CDATA[«As salas da exposição permanente integram um importante núcleo dedicado à comunidade piscatória cascalense, onde se expõem objectos de etnografia marítima, reconstituições de ambientes, e materiais multimédia interactivos para dar a conhecer a realidade e as vivências desta comunidade. 
Um dos núcleos expositivos mais recentes (Nov. 2006) é dedicado ao tema dos múltiplos naufrágios, ocorridos no mar de Cascais ao longo de vários séculos, e possíveis de reconstituir parcialmente através dos resultados obtidos Arqueologia Subaquática.
A sala de biologia marinha ilustra o universo das espécies existentes na costa portuguesa, em especial no mar de Cascais, bem como os diferentes ecossistemas marinhos. 
No núcleo dedicado à marinharia, expõem-se réplicas de diferentes tipos de embarcações, bem como documentos materiais sobre a arte da navegação. 
O núcleo expositivo dedicado ao Rei D. Carlos e à Oceanografia, compõe-se de ampliações fotográficas que reproduzem imagens da época e da vida de D. Carlos em Cascais, assim como um documentário sobre os estudos pioneiros que o rei desenvolveu na área da oceanografia portuguesa.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E174158/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museu Nacional da Ciência e da Técnica Doutor Mário Silva]]></title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159522/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museu Nacional de Agricultura]]></title><description><![CDATA[Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra<br>«O museu é constituído por três sectores, o museu didáctico; museu da máquina agrícola; e, o museu do vinho.
O 1º sector está instalado na Casa do Bispo, onde se reúne uma enorme variedade de objectos que constituíram outrora o material didáctico da Escola.
O 2º sector situa-se num armazém das alfaias do prelado, espaço que consta mais de quatro séculos de existência, aqui podemos encontrar peças e máquinas agrícolas restauradas, importantes testemunhos dos primórdios da mecanização da agricultura.
Por último, o museu do vinho que ocupa a antiga adega da Escola, e é constituído por material diverso referente à actividade vitivinícola.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E156414/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museu Nacional de História Natural]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universidade de Lisboa<br>«O Museu Nacional de História Natural é um organismo da Universidade de Lisboa, vocacionado para a investigação científica e actividades de extensão cultural.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E163532/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum Boerhaave. National Museum of the History of Science and Medicine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leiden.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138630/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Le Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, fondé en 1793, est un grand établissement scientifique placé sous la tutelle des ministères chargés de l'enseignement supérieur, de l'environnement et de la recherche. Ses missions sont la recherche, le développement de collections, la diffusion des connaissances et l'enseignement dans les domaines des sciences de la nature et des sciences de l'Homme.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129971/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum of Natural History]]></title><description><![CDATA[Berlin.<BR>
«The Museum of Natural History in Berlin is one of the most important natural history museums of the world and holds collections of more than 25 million objects. A natural history museum of this size is both a scientific and an educational institution and has two main aims:<BR>
- To establish, maintain and develop scientific collections of objects of the living and the inanimate nature, to use these and make these available for research on biodiversity and evolution.<BR>
- To make science and the different aspects of nature understandable and accessible for the public.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159803/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum of Natural History and Archaeology ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norwegian University of Science and Technology.<BR>
«The main archaeological exhibition displays finds from the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Viking period. A separate exhibition deals with medieval Trondheim, and there are also exhibitions concerned with the culture of the southern Sami people, and ecclesiastical art and church furnishings up to about 1700.<BR>
The natural history exhibitions display birds, fish, mammals and minerals, and northern European habitats are also presented in a separate natural environment display. A new exhibition showing changes in flora and fauna over the last 200 years was opened in 2001.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E139054/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum of Natural Sciences]]></title><description><![CDATA[Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.<BR>
«The Museum acts as a showcase for scientific research conducted by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, an internationally renowned center of which the Museum is an integral part.<BR>
The institute boasts a dozen or so permanent exhibitions, where the items on display include a collection of iguanodons, the only one of its kind in the world, automated dinosaurs larger than life, human evolution, a vivarium of spiders and amazing invertebrates, plus a collection of giant whales. The institute has made a complete success of its remit: introducing the general public to the body of scientific knowledge built up by its researchers.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159804/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum of Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boston.<BR>
«The mission of the Museum of Science, Boston is to stimulate interest in and further understanding of science and technology and their importance for individuals and for society.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138226/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum of Science and Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chicago, Illinois.<BR>
«The largest science museum in a single building in the Western Hemisphere with over 800 exhibits and over 2,000 interactive units located in over 350,000 square feet of exhibit space.»<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.msichicago.org/info/vtm/factsheet.html" TARGET="TOP">Museum Factsheet</A>]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129097/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum of Tartu University History ]]></title><description><![CDATA[«There are more than 58, 000 items in the museum`s collections. Considering the aspect of the history of science, the museum values most highly its collection of apparatuses, instruments, devices and various collections used in the university for scientific research since its foundation. The oldest exhibit is a 13th century celestial globe. As Tartu University had close connections with Europe, several outstanding equipment producing firms are reresented in the museum`s collection.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E135697/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum of the History of Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[University of Oxford.<BR>
«The Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building, the Museum occupies a special position, both in the study of the history of science and in the development of western culture and collecting.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138608/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum of the History of Science Image Library]]></title><description><![CDATA[University of Oxford.<BR>
8528 images are currently available for viewing.
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138609/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Museum of Natural History]]></title><description><![CDATA[Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
«The Natural History Web is an internet resource compiled and maintained by the staff of the National Museum of Natural History.  Here you will find documents and data about Museum research and the national collections, which comprise more than 124 million scientific specimens and cultural artifacts from around the world. You will also find information about programs and projects at the Museum or produced in cooperation with other organizations, supporting the Museum's mission of understanding the natural world and our place in it.»<BR>
<A HREF="http://smithsonian.org/" TARGET="TOP">Smithsonian Institution</A>]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129058/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Museum of Natural History-Naturalis]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Naturalis is a research institute with an international reputation and its collections of natural history objects are of great scientific value. The collections are moreover continuing to grow as finds from expeditions, acquisitions, donations and bequests are constantly being added.<BR>
The aim of our scientific research is to increase our knowledge of the natural world and our collections. The collections may be used, for instance, to find out whether certain animals still exist in the places where they were found in the past. This enables researchers to monitor ecosystems and estimate the extent of any damage to nature.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159806/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Museum of New Zealand]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is a forum for the nation to present, explore, and preserve the heritage of its cultures and knowledge of the natural environment in order to better understand and treasure the past, enrich the present and meet the challenges of the future.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E135389/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Technical Museum ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Praha.<BR>
«Today, the National Technical Museum has a status of the central museum of the Czech Republic and the scientific institution with the documentation, presentation, methodological, and information functions. The basis of its activities are the collections that have been created as the nation's memory. They amount about 58,000 filing items (comprising several times as high the number of individual objects), majority of them being stored in depositories on about 13,000 m2 because 15% only of the collection objects are shown in permanent exhibitions. The collections include such unique objects as astronomical instruments from the 16th century used by Tycho Brahe, the first Czechoslovak car, some of the oldest daguerrotypies in the world and many other unique items.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E135626/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Only at the Natural History Museum can you find: one of the world's largest collections of California and western North American mammals; a 70-foot-long skeleton of a fin whale, one of nature's largest mammals; and fossils as old as 400 million years. Founded in 1913, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is a national leader in research, exhibitions and education. It is one of the preeminent natural and cultural history museums in the United States, safeguarding more than 33 million specimens and artifacts in its collections.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E130998/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is a crown jewel of Los Angeles' museums. A national leader in exhibitions, education and research, the Museum is L.A.'s second oldest cultural institution, opening its doors in 1913. It is the largest natural and historical museum in the Western United States, safe guarding more than 33 million spectacular, diverse specimens and artifacts.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159580/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[N@utilus. Trieste: scienza di frontiera]]></title><description><![CDATA[Immaginario Scientifico.<BR>
«Diventata città "per decreto imperiale", già nella seconda metà del Settecento, Trieste vive di un clima culturale che attira uomini d'ingegno provenienti da varie parti d'Europa, come i fratelli Strudthoff, dal Mare del Nord, fondatori della Fabbrica Macchine di S. Andrea, o i veneziani fratelli Tonello, che creano il cantiere S. Marco. Di questa atmosfera si nutre Josef Ressel, uomo dalla personalità brillante ed eclettica che si dedica a numerosi brevetti e invenzioni.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138594/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obres del s.XVIII i s.XIX]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Biblioteca ETSEIB. Fons Històric de Ciència i Tecnologia.<BR>
Selecció d'imatges de portades dels llibres.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159763/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon Museum of Science & Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is a scientific, educational, and cultural resource center dedicated to improving the public's understanding of science and technology. OMSI makes science exciting and relevant through exhibits, programs, and experiences that are presented in an entertaining and participatory fashion.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137247/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Para além da Terceira Dimensão]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universidade de Lisboa. Centro de Matemática e Aplicações Fundamentais«Esta exposição virtual consiste em objectos matemáticos visualizáveis em computador. Mostra relações entre Matemática, Arte e Computação Gráfica, recriando e expandindo uma exposição anterior. As suas imagens procuram sugerir intuições geométricas evocando a noção matemática de dimensão.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E163834/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parque de las Ciencias]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consorcio formado por Junta de Andalucía, Ayuntamiento y Diputación Provincial de Granada, Universidad de Granada, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Caja General de Granada y Caja Rural de Granada.<BR>
«El Parque de las Ciencias es un lugar para «hacer cosas», tener experiencias, avivar el afán de aprender y ayudarnos a comprender mejor el mundo en que vivimos. Un espacio donde comprobar por nosotros mismos fenómenos físicos como el momento de inercia, la gravedad o el principio de Arquímedes; jugar con la luz y el sonido, comprender el Movimiento de la Tierra, el efecto invernadero o la explosión demográfica; experimentar con la electricidad y la erosión. Todo ello diseñado para la participación y el disfrute a cualquier edad.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E127581/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patrimonio histórico-cultural del CSIC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC.<BR>
«El Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Organismo Autónomo dependiente del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, se creó por la Ley de 14 de noviembre de 1939 partiendo de instalaciones y material procedentes, entre otros, de:<BR>
- la Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones Científicas (JAE) (1907)<BR>
- la Fundación de Investigaciones Científicas y Ensayos de Reformas (FIC) (1931)<BR>
- varios centros creados por el Instituto de España (1937)<BR>
- el Real Jardín Botánico<BR>
- el Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales<BR>
- la Escuela de Estudios Árabes<BR>
- el Instituto de Estudios Hispanoamericanos<BR>
<BR>El patrimonio del CSIC comprende bienes muebles e inmuebles, muchos de ellos de valor histórico. Por su carácter multidisciplinar el patrimonio del CSIC es utilizado o custodiado en más de un centenar de Centros de investigación adscritos a diversas áreas científicas.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E126554/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Ciência Viva]]></title><description><![CDATA[«O Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Ciência Viva é um museu interactivo de ciência e tecnologia que visa tornar a Ciência mais acessível para todos, estimulando a exploração do mundo físico e a experimentação.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E156344/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peabody Museum of Natural History]]></title><description><![CDATA[University of Yale.<BR>
«Between 1870 and 1873 Othniel Charles Marsh, nephew of philanthropist George Peabody, led four Yale expeditions to the American West in search of fossils. Today his most famous finds, the dinosaurs he named&#8212;Triceratops, Stegosaurus and &#8220;Brontosaurus&#8221;&#8212;dominate the Peabody&#8217;s Great Hall, where you can also see 300 million years of prehistory in the 110-foot mural The Age of Reptiles by Rudolph F. Zallinger.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137249/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian]]></title><description><![CDATA[«O mais antigo e maior planetário nacional (situado ao lado do Museu da Marinha). Sessões sobre temas variados ligados sobretudo à astronomia, mas também geologia e meteorologia»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E163533/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pompeii: Nature, Science and Technology in a Roman Town]]></title><description><![CDATA[Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza.<BR>
«Pompeii, as everyone knows, presents a case that is of utmost importance for the study of antiquity, in that it shows us the conditions and contexts of ancient life which were suddenly interrupted in the night between the 24th and 25th of August, 79 AD, when the eruption of Vesuvius buried, under five meters of lapilli and ash, this small city on the Campanian coast. The unexpected end and complete burial of the city with all its furnishings, its inhabitants, and its activities conserved a patrimony of knowledge which we have been exploring for two and a half centuries.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138584/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal British Columbia Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Royal BC Museum rewards visitors with a magical journey through BC's history. Two intriguing floors of exhibits bring the past to life.<BR>
Captain Vancouver's ship, a partial re-creation of the HMS Discovery, sits at its dock in an area devoted to early explorers and the fur trade. The European influx eventually brought mining, logging, fishing, and agriculture on a commercial scale, all represented in displays in the modern history gallery.<BR>
A turn-of-the-20th century town features a theatre with silent movies, a steam train pulling into the station, a Chinatown alley with resident cat, and the aroma of apple pie wafting from a kitchen. The century lives on in displays by the decade, with Pokemon and skateboards included as a few of the cultural icons of the 1990s.<BR>
In the natural history gallery, the coastal rain forest is carpeted with real salal undergrowth. Ocean animals enjoy their tidal pool at the seashore. Realistic dioramas provide backdrops for a homestead scene from the Peace River region and for the birds of the Fraser River Delta. Plants of BC are found in the native plant gardens outside the Museum building.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159793/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Museum of Scotland]]></title><description><![CDATA[«This museum houses the international collections and contains an extraordinary range of material. Thirty-six galleries of varying sizes present artefacts from around the globe and natural history specimens.<BR>
When you enter the museum, the first sight is the magnificent Main Hall, with its elegant 'bird-cage' design. Flooded with natural light and provides a great sense of space and tranquillity, with fountains and fish ponds. It is a major exhibit in its own right and contains many wonderful objects. See everything from steamships to sculptures, Egypt to evolution, Dolly the Sheep to design classics and black holes to brown bears&#8230;it's all here.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E160030/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documents]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documents, located in Moscow, holds scientific and technical documentation concerning industrial development, patents, and personal papers of well-known scientists, scholars, inventors, and engineers. But perhaps the most interesting materials are those related to the Soviet space program, which includes not only technical documentation, but films, photographs, and audio recordings of the historic achievements made in rocket design and space travel.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E160476/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scanning Electron Microscope ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Museum of  Science.<BR>
«The Scanning Electron Microscope, or SEM, is an incredible tool for seeing the unseen worlds of microspace.»<BR>
«The Scanning Electron Microscope creates the magnified images by using electrons instead of light waves.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138234/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science Museum of Minnesota]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The mission of the Science Museum of Minnesota is to invite learners of all ages to experience their changing world through science.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137330/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science Through the Centuries]]></title><description><![CDATA[University of Cambridge.<BR>
«From Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking, the University of Cambridge has earned an unrivalled reputation for scientific achievement. This tour introduces some of the people and places who have contributed to this tradition of excellence.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138637/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The South African Museum (SAM) was established by Lord Charles Somerset in 1825, and reconstituted under a Board of Trustees in 1855. It is the country's second oldest scientific institute, the Royal Observatory having been established five years earlier, in 1820.<BR>
Today, 175 years later, the SAM enjoys a wide reputation as a leading research and educational institution. Its vast collections of natural history and anthropological objects document all forms of life, living and extinct, from southern Africa, and the material cultural heritage of our indigenous populations back to their earliest origins. The research collections are studied by scientists and students world-wide and new building extensions and facilities have led to a vigorous new public outreach programme, involving a variety of educational activities and new public exhibitions. A modern planetarium offers an opportunity of exploring the mysteries of the universe, and of understanding Planet Earth's humble position in relation to far-away stars and galaxies.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159810/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speaking of DNA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.<BR>
Exploratorium. The museum of science, art and human perception.<BR>
«Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), located in Long Island, New York, is considered by scientists to be one of the most important places for cutting-edge genetics research and for the free exchange of ideas.»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137278/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesoros de la naturaleza]]></title><description><![CDATA[«La exposición virtual forma parte de un proyecto de investigación sobre Patrimonio, museos y recursos digitales que está desarrollando actualmente el grupo ÒLIBA de los Estudis d`Humanitats i Filologia de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), conjuntamente con museos e instituciones de Cataluña y las Islas Baleares.»
<BR>«La exposición tiene un propósito doble: en primer lugar, quiere descubrir un tesoro patrimonial de Barcelona, constituido tanto por unos objetos de valor como por una tradición científica; en segundo lugar, quiere poner de manifiesto el carácter dinámico, diverso e interactivo de la naturaleza y algunas características esenciales del método científico del naturalismo. Incidimos, así, en algunas de las cuestiones culturales que marcan nuestra época: la relación entre los humanos y la naturaleza, la relación entre el conocimiento científico y sus reverberaciones humanísticas.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E126825/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Buffalo Museum of Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Buffalo Museum of Science, through collections, research, education and interpretation, provides opportunities for all people to develop a scientific understanding of the natural and cultural world with an emphasis on the Greater Niagara Region. The Museum challenges everyone to use their knowledge of science to enhance respect for each other and the environment.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E135391/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cleveland Museum of Natural History]]></title><description><![CDATA[«We encourage people of all ages to discover and explore the natural world. Our curators care for over a million specimens in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany, geology, paleontology, zoology and wildlife biology.<BR>
Used for scientific research, their work is the basis for interpretive exhibits and educational programs offered to the public. Since 1920, the Museum has served as an outstanding resource for public education and environmental conservation in northern Ohio and beyond.»<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.cmnh.org/coolstuff.html" TARGET="TOP">Cool Stuff You'll Only Find Here!</A>]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E130931/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Field Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chicago, Illinois.<BR>
«The Field Museum was incorporated in the State of Illinois on September 16, 1893 as the Columbian Museum of Chicago with its purpose the "accumulation and dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating art, archaeology, science and history".»<BR>
«The Field Museum was founded to house the biological and anthropological collections assembled for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. These objects form the core of the Museum's collections which have grown through world-wide expeditions, exchange, purchase, and gifts to more than twenty million specimens.»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129040/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Geee! in Genome]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian Museum of Nature.<BR>
«With more than 200 richly illustrated and interactive pages, The Geee! In Genome Web site invites visitors to learn about genes, stem cells, GMOs, cloning and the diversity of life. Primarily targeted at high school students and teachers, there are curriculum-based educational resources, ethical debates, interactive games and opinion polls.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137315/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Genomic Revolution]]></title><description><![CDATA[American Museum of Natural History.<BR>
«In June 2000, scientists triumphantly announced they had deciphered the human genome, the blueprint for human life. By laying out in order the 3.2 billion units of our DNA, researchers sparked a firestorm of discovery and ushered in a new age.<BR>
To the untrained eye, this vast code of A's, T's, G's and C's is baffling. But a map of our genome offers boundless potential to scientists. Foremost are prospects in our health, ranging from discovering cures for cancer to changing or choosing our genes. We can also apply this knowledge to feeding the world's growing population, solving forensic mysteries and saving species on the verge of extinction. Truly, this is wondrous information&#8212;if we use it responsibly.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129348/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Manchester Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[University of Manchester.<BR>
«The Manchester Museum provides access to about six million items from every continent of the globe. Butterflies and carvings from India; birds and bark-cloth from the Pacific; live frogs and ancient pottery from America; fossils and native art from Australia; mammals and ancient Egyptian craftsmanship from Africa; plants, coins and minerals from Europe; art from past civilisations of the Mediterranean; and beetles, armour and archery from Asia.»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138652/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Museum Of Science & Industry In Manchester - MSIM]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Museum's collections record and tell the story of the industry, science and people of the Manchester area.  We collect objects and archives that cover Manchester's development from being the first industrial city to the present day.<BR>
Our collections cover many subjects.  They include aviation, computing, electricity and gas, engineering, photography, printing, science, textiles, rail and road transport and Manchester's water supply.  We also collect items that come from everyday life like televisions, cookers and clocks.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129110/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Natural History Museum - NHM]]></title><description><![CDATA[London.<BR>
«The Natural History Museum is the UK's national museum of natural history, and a centre of scientific excellence in taxonomy and biodiversity.<BR>
The Museum's mission is to maintain and develop its collections and use them to promote the discovery, understanding, responsible use and enjoyment of the natural world.»<BR>
«The Natural History Museum (NHM) holds the national collection of over 70 million natural history specimens.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129175/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Oxford Virtual Science Walk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Museum of the History of Science, Oxford.<BR>
«The Oxford Science Walk takes you to some of the most important and interesting historic scientific sites in Oxford, from the time of the founding of the University in the 13th century and the work of Friar Bacon to advancements in modern science such as the development of penicillin. The flowering of science in Oxford is traced through the work of such people as Robert Boyle (of Boyle's Law), Edmond Halley (of Halley's comet), Stephen Hawking (an Oxford undergraduate), and Dorothy Hodgkin (discoverer of the structure of Vitamin B12).»
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138619/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Provincial Museum of Alberta]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The Provincial Museum of Alberta is committed to building and preserving collections documenting the diversity of Alberta's natural history. We have eight different natural history collections. To date our collections number about 500,000 specimens. Collections are accessible to researchers and the interested public and specimens will be loaned to qualified institutions.»<BR>
«The Provincial Museum of Alberta is committed to preserve and build collections documenting 12,000 years of human occupation of the Province. The history programs are divided into two sections - Aboriginal and early contact history (Archaeology and Ethnology) and post-contact history (Folklife, Government History, and Western Canadian History)»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E130976/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Science Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London.<BR>
«Our collections form an enduring record of scientific, technological and medical change since the eighteenth century. Though rich in British material, they result from worldwide acquisition. Vigorous collecting keeps them up-to-date, and we constantly strive to improve not only their condition and accessibility but also our understanding of their significance.»<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/index.asp?flash=yes" TARGET="TOP">National Museum of Science & Industry - NMSI</A>]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129098/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Steno Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Danish Museum for the History of Science and Medicine.<BR>
«The Steno Museum holds exhibitions on the history of science and the history of medicine. It also operates a planetarium and a medical herb garden.<BR>
The exhibitions, which are based on original objects as well as reconstructions, models, posters and hands-on exhibits, give a view of the development of science and medicine from ancient times until today. This development is described as a part of the general history of civilization.»

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138628/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tech Museum of Innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[San José, California.<BR>
«The Tech is a cosmopolitan museum singularly focused on technology&#8212;how it works and the way that it is changing every aspect of the way we work, live, play and learn. Its people-and-technology focus and the integration of advanced technologies into visitor experiences and infrastructure, distinguishes it from other science centers.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E129238/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Un siglo de ciencia en España]]></title><description><![CDATA[Residencia de Estudiantes. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC.<BR>
«Modernizar la sociedad a través de la ciencia. Una idea propugnada por  unos pocos investigadores e intelectuales a finales del siglo XIX que ha mantenido su vigencia a lo largo de un siglo. Un siglo en el que no han faltado rupturas y circunstancias adversas, pero en el que la voluntad de hacer más y mejor ciencia se ha reiterado una y otra vez. Un siglo de ciencia en España propone un recorrido por es faceta poco atendida de nuestra historia contemporánea, a través de sus protagonistas (investigadores como Cajal, Torres Quevedo, Ochoa y muchos otros menos conocidos), de las instituciones (la Junta para la Ampliación de Estudios, el Institut d'Estudis Catalans, el CSIC, las universidades), de los contenidos (la neurona, el átomo, la biodiversidad). La exposición se organiza en varios bloques cronológicos y temáticos, con múltiples referencias cruzadas que demuestran que para entender el presente de nuestra ciencia y proyectar su futuro es necesario conocer su pasado.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E126577/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[University of Alberta Museums]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The University of Alberta Museums hold a world of wonder and discovery for the inquisitive mind. They provide learning opportunities that are exceptional, innovative and inspiring, and enable new generations and diverse communities to explore and benefit from a vast array of world-class research and scholarship.<BR>
Thirty-five diverse museums and collections located throughout the campus combined with the Department of Museums and Collections Services, a community of curators, staff and students, and the Friends of the University of Alberta Museums together form the University of Alberta Museums.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138561/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[University of Dundee Museum Services]]></title><description><![CDATA[«The University has Museum Collections comprising a range of material preserved during the 120 years of the institution's existence. These are cared for by Museum Services, which has recently been awarded Phase II Registration by re:source, the Council for Museums, Archives & Libraries.<BR>
The collections are made up of over 15,000 items, representing Botany, Chemistry, Dentistry, Engineering (Civil, Electrical & Mechanical), Ethnography, Fine & Applied Art, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Physiology, Psychology and Zoology.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138809/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtual Collection of the Provincial Museum of Alberta]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Here, you can explore the collection and learn about the cultural and natural history of Alberta.<BR>
The Virtual Collection uses three-dimensional virtual reality to display actual photography of real artifacts in the Museum collection. Visitors can view, rotate, and zoom-in on three-dimensional objects to examine them closely.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E137667/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visionarium, Centro de Ciência do Europarque]]></title><description><![CDATA[«O Visionarium, situado em Santa Maria da Feira, convida os visitantes a  participarem activamente numa grande aventura científica. Trata-se de um centro de ciência, ou seja, um museu de ciência interactivo. À semelhança da Cidade das Ciências de La Villette (França) ou do Exploratorium de S. Francisco (EUA), aqui é possível realizar experiências manipulando os equipamentos expostos. Este Centro de Ciência é uma iniciativa da Associação Empresarial de Portugal (AEP) e constitui um amplo esforço no sentido de promover a cultura científica do país.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E156393/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whipple Museum of the History os Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[University of Cambridge, Department of History & Philosophy of Science.<BR>
«The Whipple Museum of the History of Science was founded as a University Museum in 1944. The collection covers all branches of science and its applications from physics to phrenology and from magnetism to microscopy. Scientific instruments, models, prints and related objects are displayed in the early 17th-century Perse Room and in side galleries.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E138620/index.html]]></link></item><item><title><![CDATA[300 Pearls - Museum highlights of natural diversity]]></title><description><![CDATA[«Natural history museums are storehouses of biological and geological diversity. Their collections contain millions of objects reflecting nature's most striking feature: infinite variety.<BR>
To date biologists recognize 1.75 million species of living beings. New species are discovered almost every day, indicating that we are just beginning to learn how diverse nature really is.<BR>
Natural history collections are rich sources of information about diversity. They fuel scientists with the working material they need to describe and explain the natural world. At the same time collections function as 'time capsules' where irreplaceable reference material is stored safely away for future generations of researchers.»]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www1.universia.net/CatalogaXXI/C10055PPESII2/E159807/index.html]]></link></item></channel></rss>