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Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 42"w x 28"h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Interior
Place:
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Date:
April 2, 2003
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The Life in the Ancient Seas exhibit closed in November 2013.
Summary:
The Life in the Ancient Seas exhibit in the National Museum of Natural History held nearly one thousand fossil fish specimens. A display of fish fossils embedded in sand is in the foreground while models of sharks, rays, and other fishes hang from the ceiling. In the background a sign reads "Act Three: The Cenozoic Era". To the left there is a display case running the length of a wall with an undersea mural and a skeleton, while to the right there is a display case with a various shells, including a nautilus.
