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Posted by Granite Head (209.252.105.24) on 19:44:31 07/24/12

In Reply to: A good look at the... posted by Granite Head

or too big. Norris Museum RAFTERS.

The intro on the NPS flyer says:

The trailside museum idea arose from the conviction that a national park is itself a museum. Small building could be located where a natural or historical subject existed and have "exhibits that were only supplementary to the master display lying outside its walls [and understatement if there ever was one]. The first such museums were built in 1924 in Yosemite National Park with funds secured from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial [there's the Rockefeller generosity again!]. Two other trailside museums, at Bear Mountain, New York, and Arizona's Grand Canyon, soon followed. In 1928, Yellowstone National Park received funds to build a "complete educational unit at Yellowstone" of four trailside museums.

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Fishing Bridge Trailside Museum - Granite Head 19:48:13 07/24/12 (13)
- I love the dead animals - Ria 09:59:23 07/25/12 (1)
  - Me too Ria :) - Rob (Hiker) 18:34:08 07/25/12 (0)
- I generally like your trip posts but... - Rob (Hiker) 08:55:50 07/25/12 (2)
  - Granite Head, re: exhibits - Roadie 09:43:03 07/25/12 (1)
    - Yes, I think they've cleaned the specimens up - Granite Head 10:52:32 07/25/12 (0)
- Fishing Bridge has a few massive boulders of its own - Granite Head 19:54:18 07/24/12 (7)
  - And, the flyer continues... - Granite Head 19:57:39 07/24/12 (6)
    - And those wavy shingles! - Granite Head 19:59:40 07/24/12 (5)
      - Getting away from the trailside for a moment - Granite Head 20:09:46 07/24/12 (4)
        
        Did you ever look up at the ceiling - Granite Head 20:11:58 07/24/12 (3)
        
        And speaking of hard to photograph - Granite Head 20:18:43 07/24/12 (2)
        
        It is such a shame - Granite Head 20:20:38 07/24/12 (1)
        
        Wonderful !!! Fantastic series - Moose Tracker 07:55:01 07/25/12 (0)

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