Friday- We begin our day in Pittsburgh going to the Carnegie Museums endowed by the Pittsburgh industrialists Andrew Carnegie who made his fortune in the steel industry in the area. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie The museum is a wonderful institution for the city, and a great place to visit and learn.
One display is a recreation of what the coal swamp would have looked like. These swamps were the materials for our vast beds of coal found in West Virginia today. What animal is in the for-ground of the swamp? 
The Appalachians 300 million years ago.
In the Afternoon we went to Phipps Conservatory phipps.conservatory.org/ it was an excellent to see the many types of plants found here and around the world. The exhibits display habitat from around the world. You get to feel and smell what it would be like in an Indian tropical forest or a desert in the southwest all in one place.
Phipps uses glass sculptures to enhance its displays. What extinct animal is represented in the picture below?
Great pictures Chris
ReplyDeleteWouldn't you like to take a class to the museum as a field trip? I could spend a week there and never see all I want to see.
ReplyDeleteThe museum was awesome. It really imparted on me the importance of history and just how amazing it is.
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