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Want to borrow a dinosaur fossil? Try California’s one-of-a-kind taxidermy lending library
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The San Diego Natural History Museum operates a lending program that allows local residents to temporarily take home authentic scientific specimens. Borrowers can check out hundreds of items, ranging from taxidermized animals and insects to fossils and bones, for educational and personal display.
WHY IT MATTERS
This program provides the public with rare, direct access to museum-grade scientific specimens for education and engagement outside traditional institutional settings.
A natural history museum lets residents take home 1,400 specimens, from bobcats and beetles to snakes in jarsOn a hot afternoon in August, I walked out of the San Diego Natural History Museum carrying a whale rib, a leopard pelt, a taxidermized weasel and a small piece of fossilized dinosaur poop.It felt like a heist. These were real specimens that belonged to the museum, not gift shop replicas. But for two weeks, they were mine to take home, display in my living room, even bring to events with...
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