While there, they went to the Hayden Planetarium and walked around the museum's exhibits of space objects, such as meteorites, and displays of dinosaurs and animals in natural settings.

The museum's current exhibits focus on climate change and infectious disease.

He assembled the museum's curatorial staff and directed the organizing and constructing the exhibits.

The museum's main emphasis is on rail transport, but it also features exhibits of various sorts of industrial technology.

The museum's collections and exhibits include over 500 historic watercraft, a major research library, a large gallery of maritime art, a unique diorama displaying the town of Mystic as it was in the 19th century, a ship restoration shipyard, the Treworgy Planetarium, and a recreation of a 19th century seafaring village.

Dr Noble Frankland, the museum's Director from 1960 to 1982, described the museum's galleries in 1955 as appearing ' dingy and neglected in a dismal state of decay ' the museum's ' numerous stunning exhibits ' notwithstanding.

Opened in November 2010 the gallery exhibits the museum's Victoria Cross ( VC ) and George Cross collection, alongside the private VC collection amassed by Michael Ashcroft, 241 medals in total.

Duxford houses the museum's large exhibits, including nearly 200 aircraft, military vehicles, artillery and minor naval vessels in seven main exhibitions buildings.

The museum's exhibits collection includes a wide range of objects, organised into numerous smaller collections such as uniforms, badges, insignia and flags ( including a Canadian Red Ensign carried at Vimy Ridge in 1917, a Union flag from the 1942 British surrender of Singapore, and another found among the wreckage of the World Trade Center following the September 11 attacks ); personal mementoes, souvenirs and miscellanea such as trench art ; orders, medals and decorations ( including collections of Victoria and George Crosses ); military equipment ; firearms and ammunition, ordnance, edged weapons, clubs ( such as trench clubs ) and other weapons, and vehicles, aircraft and ships.

The museum's archaeology exhibits include a replica of the Bronze Age rock art from Gardom's Edge and many items collected by Thomas Bateman, notably the Benty Grange helmet which closely matches the descriptions of warriors ' helmets in Beowulf.

Designed by Tadao Ando, it is located on one of the highest points of the island, and various exhibits and facets of the museum's architecture take advantage of its commanding view.

The museum's exhibits focus on the history of various sports in the Boston area, including the Boston Bruins and the Boston Celtics.

In addition to a gallery devoted to temporary exhibits, the pavilion houses the museum's store and its restaurant, Cafe Calatrava.

On June 4, 2008, the world's first museum exhibits developed using this open source method opened in the museum's own Virtual Test Zone gallery.

The seven exhibits, all contributed under a Creative Commons license and prototyped in the virtual world of Second Life, became part of the museum's Art, Film, Music and Games exhibition.

One of the museum's most famous exhibits — originally the work of Tzigara-Samurcaş — is " the house in the house ".

The museum's first director, Elizabeth Usher, resigned in March 2003 amid criticism that Urbis was not appealing and the exhibits were too abstract.

The museum's permanent collection reflects Charles Frye's relatively conservative artistic tastes, and ( despite the lack of any such stipulation in the will ) the museum continued to be dedicated exclusively to representational art, both in its acquisitions and its exhibits.

The museum's exhibits include displays about the ecological history of the Illinois region, a live butterfly house, and a green home demonstration.

The museum's exhibits focus on the company's role in the history of Detroit, the Arts & Crafts movement in America and the development of ceramic art in the country.

Changing exhibits featuring photography, ephemera, and artifacts from the museum's collection, add depth and incidental information to the overall story of railroad history.

The museum's planners collaborated with the architectural firm Ackerman & Ross to complete building alterations in order to accommodate the exhibits.

The museum's collections include more than 33, 000 artifacts, 20, 000 significant documents and 30, 000 photographs.

Members of the museum's advisory board include Steven Spielberg, Ray Bradbury ( Formerly ), James Cameron, and George Lucas.

The museum's remit has since expanded to include all conflicts in which British or Commonwealth forces have been involved since 1914.

The museum's collections include archives of personal and official documents, photographs, film and video material, and oral history recordings ; an extensive library, a large art collection, and examples of military vehicles and aircraft, equipment and other artefacts.

The museum's static displays include a Republic F-84 first generation jet fighter, a rare example of the swept-wing RF-84F reconnaissance variant, and an F-105 Thunderchief that reflects Republic's late-production output.

In addition to artifacts from the China Trade period, the museum's grounds include a log cabin replica and a collection of Lincoln memorabilia.

In recent years the museum's collection has expanded to include pieces not associated with Michelson.

Visitor numbers are also not limited to the Hammer's own box office but might also include people around the world who log on to the museum's Web site to view podcasts of public programs, or visit travelling exhibitions which the Hammer organized.

The museum's holdings include many of Thomas Eakins's sketches and studies related to his paintings of Rush, along with the most famous painting: William Rush Carving his Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River ( aka William Rush and His Model ), 1876 – 77, oil on canvas ( mounted on Masonite ), 20 1 / 8 x 26 1 / 8 inches ( 51. 1 x 66. 4 cm ).

One of the best collections of medieval art in the United States, the museum's holdings include examples of metalwork, sculpture, stained glass, textiles, icons, and other paintings.

The museum's collections include art, animals, tools, apparel and information about indigenous Arctic people.

The museum's natural history galleries include a large selection of taxidermied animals

The museum's collections include paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs featuring New York City and its residents, as well as costumes, decorative objects and furniture, toys, rare books and manuscripts, marine and military collections, police and fire collections, and a theater collection ( documenting the golden age of Broadway theater ).

The museum's many highlights include its collection of " Flemish Primitive " art, works by a wide range of Renaissance and Baroque masters, as well as a selection of paintings from the 18th and 19th century neo-classical and realist periods, milestones of Belgian symbolism and modernism, masterpieces of Flemish expressionism and many items from the city's collection of post-war modern art.

They normally include no items for sale ; they are distinguished from the museum's permanent displays, and most large museums set aside a space for temporary exhibitions.

With the outbreak of the Second World War, the museum's terms of reference were enlarged to include the conflict.

The museum's terms of reference was broadened again in 1953 to include all modern conflicts in which British or Commonwealth forces were engaged.

The museum's collections focus on East Central Indiana local cultural history, and include themes of family and community life, entertainment and leisure, industry and work, and East Central Indiana arts.

The museum's collections also include McCudden's uniform ' maternity jacket ' and a half-length portrait of McCudden by William Orpen.

Haacke's solo show at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, which was to include this work and which made an issue of the business and personal connections of the museum's trustees, was cancelled on the grounds of artistic impropriety by the museum's director six weeks before the opening.