A Glorious Enterprise

A GLORIOUS ENTERPRISE

Photographs from a book of Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences’ collection depict the making of American science.

A series of Beautiful Rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus) specimens collected by Brooke Dolan in Tibet, 1934-35. ANSP Ornithology Department.

A GLORIOUS ENTERPRISE

Photographs from a book of Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences’ collection depict the making of American science.

Mounted Ruby-Cheeked Sunbird. Duc de Rivoli collection. Given to the Academy by T.B. Wilson in 1846. ANSP Exhibits Department.

A GLORIOUS ENTERPRISE

Photographs from a book of Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences’ collection depict the making of American science.

“Leaf insects” (a lineage of tropical walking sticks). These remarkable Phasmida are found in rainforest canopies of tropical Asia. Included in this group are some newly described specimens from the Philippines. The other are from New Guinea and the Seychelles. ANSP Entomology Department.

A GLORIOUS ENTERPRISE

Photographs from a book of Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences’ collection depict the making of American science.

Birds of Paradise, collected by S. Dillon Ripley in Dutch New Guinea on the Denison-Crockett Expedition, 1937. ANSP Ornithology Department.

A GLORIOUS ENTERPRISE

Photographs from a book of Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences’ collection depict the making of American science.

Skulls of the American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) presented to the Academy by Thomas B. Wilson in 1846. ANSP Ornithology Deparment. 

A GLORIOUS ENTERPRISE

Photographs from a book of Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences’ collection depict the making of American science.

Drawer of minerals from the Seybert Collection, purchased by the Academy members in 1812. Cabinet dated 1825. ANSP Mineralogy Department.