A Bear of a Move
Friday marked the last scheduled trips for the Academy’s collections move. One truckload at a time, 20 million specimens have made their way from Howard Street to Golden Gate Park. There are a few odds and ends left, but Friday’s two trips included one of the most unwieldy specimens, the 11-foot tall Kodiak bear featured in the video clip below. At right, additional specimens from the Ornithology and Mammalogy department being unloaded in Golden Gate Park. Since the time the Academy first moved to Howard Street, the research collections have grown by about 2 million specimens.


Must’ve scared a lot of people!
Comment by G — December 29, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
Now THAT was a “moving” experience!
As a member I have delighted in two visits so far to the new Academy- huge kudos to all who made this new facility such a fabulous success!
Comment by Susan Miller — February 2, 2009 @ 10:52 am