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Mayr served as director of Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) from 1961 to 1970. In 1975, he was given emeritus status...

Author: By Kris J. Thiessen, | Title: Mayr: Going Strong At 90 | 12/20/1994 | See Source »

Earlier this year, the MCZ dedicated a library to him recognizing his achievements...

Author: By Kris J. Thiessen, | Title: Mayr: Going Strong At 90 | 12/20/1994 | See Source »

Actress Debra Eisenstadt, who is currently performing in The Sisters Rosenzweig at the Schubert, likes the flowers. She said, "It was amazing how human they seemed--how connected to what we are." but she serendipitously wandered into the MCZ and was soon hooked by the archeology exhibits...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, VISITING THE MUSEUMS | Title: Lions and Tigers and Trilobites, Oh My! | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...similar habitats. No effort is made to contextualize the displays. There are no expansive diaramas with fake vistas extending to the horizon. The rhinocerous and the elephant, the gazelle and the gnu, all share a partitioned glass case with a sky-blue backdrop. Are renovations in store? Perhaps the MCZ will repaint the cases, said Bob Davidson, Assistant Director of Exhibits...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, VISITING THE MUSEUMS | Title: Lions and Tigers and Trilobites, Oh My! | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

Such frippery is superflous at the MCZ--the animals steal the show. Roommates Bonnie A. Pelly '96 and Bethany M. Lemann '96 came to the museum for a Biological Sciences 2 lab, and returned to check out the rest of the museum. "I liked the sperm whale's pelvic bones and the big dinosaur fossil. I love evolution. I love dolphins. I love primates," gushed Lemann...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, VISITING THE MUSEUMS | Title: Lions and Tigers and Trilobites, Oh My! | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

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