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sea creatures in glass harvard museum of natural history support for sea creatures in glass is m possible by a generous gift in memory of melvin r. sen harvard ab 52 llb 55. the new book sea creatures in glass the blaschka marine animals at harvard won second place in nemas 2017 publication awards . the publication awards honor excellence insign publication andmunication in the world of print and digital museum publishing.
sea creatures in glass the blaschka marine animals at features exquisite new photography of a selectionom the harvard museum of comparative zoologys remarkable collection of glass marine animals created by leopold and rudolph blaschka published to celebrate harvard universitys new restoration and permanent display of these exquisite glass marine objects still relevant to marine study today first publication featuring any of the mlsom this exceptional collection the second largest in the worlddelicate jellyfish and .

glass sea creatures harvard museum of natural history miniexhibit of harvards blaschka glass animals now on display at harvard museum of natural history. many years before they weremissioned by harvard university to make the glass flowers father and son artists leopold and rudolf blaschka meticulously shaped glass and wire into lifelike mls of marine animals.

sea creatures in glass scala arts amp heritage publishers ltd delicate jellyfish and anemones octopus tentacled squid and bizarrelooking softbodied sea creatures were meticulously recreated in glass by father and son artists leopold and rudolf blaschka in the late neenth century.

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sea creatures in glass harvard museums of science amp culture in celebration of the publication of sea creatures in glass the blaschka marine animals at harvard this program will highlight the history artistry conservation and relevance of harvards collection of 430 invertebrate mls to marine science today. free event parking available at the 52 oxford street garage.

the harvard museum of natural history showcases blaschka now a new permanent exhibit at the harvard museum of natural historysea creatures in glass showcases more than 50 examples of theblaschkas earlier work drawnom a collectionof430 mls owned by the museum of comparativezoologymcz. theexhibit marks a milestone in the mls restoration the work will bepleted thanks to a gift in memory ofmelvin r. sen 52 ll.b. 55 that also paid for exhibit installation costs.

blaschka glass invertebrates museum of comparative zoology the museum of comparative zoology collection of blaschka glass invertebrates contains approximately 430 mls of marine and terrestrial invertebrates including sea anemones jelly fish octopus sea cucumbers marine worms and land snails. cleaning casella philippinensis nudibranch mcz sc232 phymactis florida sea anemone mcz sc50

leopold and rudolf blaschka wikipedia however having already seen harvards recently procured glass marine invertebrates professor goodale like professor reichenbach before him realized that glass flowers would solve his problem for as glass they were threedimensional and would retain their color.