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... Museum of Natural History , Chicago By courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History , Chicago Akeley's second wife , Mary Lee Jobe Akeley ( 1886-1966 ) , was well known as an explorer and naturalist before her marriage ( 1924 ) ...
... Museum of Natural History , Chicago By courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History , Chicago Akeley's second wife , Mary Lee Jobe Akeley ( 1886-1966 ) , was well known as an explorer and naturalist before her marriage ( 1924 ) ...
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... Museum , or Alexandrian Museum . The Alexandrian museum and library were founded and maintained by the long succes- sion of the Ptolemies in Egypt from the begin- ning of the 3rd century BC . The library's initial organization was the ...
... Museum , or Alexandrian Museum . The Alexandrian museum and library were founded and maintained by the long succes- sion of the Ptolemies in Egypt from the begin- ning of the 3rd century BC . The library's initial organization was the ...
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... Museum in Tai- wan and the Palace Museum in Peking . In Japan , Buddhist monasteries were important repositories for artworks during the feudal pe- riod and afterward , and their collections even- tually enriched the Tokyo National Museum ...
... Museum in Tai- wan and the Palace Museum in Peking . In Japan , Buddhist monasteries were important repositories for artworks during the feudal pe- riod and afterward , and their collections even- tually enriched the Tokyo National Museum ...
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