Museums and other institutions of natural history, past, present, and future : a symposium held on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the California Academy of Sciences, June 16-17, 2003 / and sponsored by California Academy of Sciences and the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ; arranged and edited by Alan E. Leviton and Michele L. Aldrich.

San Francisco, Calif. : California Academy of Sciences, [2004], ©2004.

iii, 329 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), plans, facsimiles ; 26 cm.

"Presented on the campus of San Francisco State University."

Framing nature : the formative years of natural history museum development in the United States / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt and Paul Brinkman -- A national science and a national museum / Pamela M. Henson -- The flowering of natual history institutions in California / Barbara Ertter -- Skin deep : taxidermy, embodiment, and extinction in W.T. Hornaday's buffalo group / Hanna Rose Shell -- More than 150 years of administrative ups and downs for natural history in Washington : Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, National Museum of Natural History / Ellis L. Yochelson -- A national research laboratory in the late 20th century : U.S. Geological Survey's Paleontology and Stratigraphy Branch as a case study / J. Thomas Dutro, Jr. -- Oceanography and fieldwork : geopolitics and research at the Scripps Institution / Ronald Rainger -- Success story : the history and development of the Museum of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley / Jere H. Lipps -- In search of relevance : the museum of the twenty-first century / John Farnum -- Opening a new natural history museum in twenty-first century America : a case study in historic perspective / Warren D. Allmon -- Botanical gardens and the 21st century / Peter Raven -- Reinventing a natural history museum for the 21st century / Scott D. Sampson and Sarah B. George -- Planning for research in the 21st century at a large natural history museum / David H. Kavanaugh -- The California Academy of Sciences : 150 years young with a vision for the future / J. Patrick Kociolek.

Includes bibliographical references and index.