Comments on: The beauty of museums: whales, birds, biophilia and a tweeting Dinosaur http://arthropodecology.com/2012/04/23/the-beauty-of-museums/ Writings about arthropod ecology, arachnids & academia at McGill University Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:40:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Canadian Museum of Nature http://arthropodecology.com/2012/04/23/the-beauty-of-museums/#comment-694 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:35:34 +0000 http://arthropodecology.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-694 Chris, thanks for the great blog! BTW the Huge inflatable whale’s name is Logan :)

]]> By: Chris Buddle http://arthropodecology.com/2012/04/23/the-beauty-of-museums/#comment-133 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:28:02 +0000 http://arthropodecology.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-133 I agree with you – Museums should not substitute the “real deal” but are a good complement to it! And for many folks, the museum experience can really get the juices flowing and before you know it, they are outside with a butterfly net…

]]> By: Adrian D. Thysse http://arthropodecology.com/2012/04/23/the-beauty-of-museums/#comment-132 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:28:30 +0000 http://arthropodecology.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-132 Yay Biophilia!
I love museums and I support them 100%. ( I just spent two hours behind the scenes at RAM in Edmonton!), but I hope they never become substitute for experiencing nature face to face. That’s what I love about entomology, you can just step outside your door and begin exploring the diversity immediately.

(and thanks for the Carabus tweet!)

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