 View of the Grand Gallery of Smith Hall looking North. | |
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| Established | 1831 |
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| Location | Tuscaloosa, Alabama United States |
| Website | http://www.amnh.ua.edu |
The Alabama Museum of Natural History is the state's natural history museum, located in Smith Hall at the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. The oldest museum in the state, it was founded in 1831.
The exhibits depict the natural diversity of Alabama from the Age of Dinosaurs, the Coal Age, and the Ice Age. Collections include items relating to geology, zoology, mineralogy, paleontology, ethnology, history, and photography.[1] The Grand Gallery Exhibition Hall houses a replica of a Basilosaurus cetoides, an Eocene whale that has been designated as the State Fossil.
Exhibits include the skull of an American mastodon dredged from the Tombigbee River near Demopolis and the Hodges meteorite. The latter hit a woman as it fell to earth near Sylacauga on November 30, 1954.[2] The museum sponsors expeditions throughout the year, as it has since 1979.[3]
- ^ "Collections". Alabama Museum of Natural History. 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ Hall, John (November 24, 2004). "UA Museum to Observe 50th Anniversary of Hodges Meteorite". The University of Alabama. Archived from the original on 2014-08-23. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ "History - UAMNH Museum Expeditions". Alabama Museum of Natural History. 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.