Natural history museums (institutions)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Organizations (groups)

Jerarquía

instituciones > <institutions by activity> > museums (institutions)

Descripción

Museums containing collections dealing with the properties of natural objects, plants, or animals, such as preserved specimens of birds, mammals, insects, and plants; rocks, minerals, and fossils. These museums have their origins in the cabinets of curiosities built up by prominent individuals in Europe during the Renaissance and Enlightenment.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300312324

Otros términos

  • natural history museum (institution) [en]
  • museums, natural history (organizations) [en]