100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa: 100 Amazing Objects from the Te Papa Natural History Collection...

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Dr. Susan Waugh

100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa

100 Amazing Objects from the Te Papa Natural History Collection

Dr. Susan Waugh

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Te Papa Press
09 May 2019

Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Museums & museology; History; The natural world, country life & pets

Since the Colonial Museum opened in 1865 and the first director, Sir James Hector, began collecting items of geological and natural history significance, the collections of New Zealand's national museum have become enormously significant - not to mention enormous. The objects housed by the Museum range from fossilised bones of the extinct Haast's Eagle and specimens collected by Joseph Banks on Cook's first voyage to deep sea-dwelling fishes and a plethora of insects. In this fascinating book Te Papa's science team of experts showcase 100 collection objects that demonstrate the breadth and depth of the collection and the museum's important ongoing research. Te Papa's expert curators and collections managers tell the fascinating stories of everything from the colossal squid to the flaming flagfins and from sea spiders to beaver fleas.

By: Dr. Susan Waugh
Imprint: Te Papa Press
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 210mm,
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9780994146052
ISBN 10: 0994146051
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 09 May 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Introduction 6 100 Natural History Treasures A-B Objects 001-013 12 C-E Objects 014-026 44 F-G Objects 027-040 74 H-M Objects 041-058 106 N-P Objects 059-073 146 R-S Objects 074-087 180 T-Z Objects 088-100 212 The collectors 242 The collection and the field 248 Authors 262 Index 267

Dr Susan Waugh manages the science and natural history programme for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Her personal field of expertise is in seabird population ecology, and she has research experience in petrel and albatross foraging, population estimation and fisheries by-catch management.

Reviews for 100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa: 100 Amazing Objects from the Te Papa Natural History Collection

'... an entertaining selection ... The items are wonderful in their rarity and diversity, and the descriptions are lucid and informative' - North & South; '100 Natural History Treasures is effortlessly informative ... the book offers proof of the research value of collections put together over long periods of time ...' - New Zealand Geographic; photo feature in New Zealand review of Books.