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100 years of collecting, 30 collections, millions of objects, and 120 locations across campus. Used daily for teaching, research and community engagement.

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#DYK: The Trace Fossil Collection in UofA EAS Department includes specimens such as burrows, footprints, trackways, and feeding traces? 👣 Find out more about this #UAlbertaMuseums collection! bit.ly/2IrOjk7 #UAlberta

#DYK: The Trace Fossil Collection in <a href="/UofA_EAS/">UofA EAS Department</a> includes specimens such as burrows, footprints, trackways, and feeding traces? 👣 

Find out more about this #UAlbertaMuseums collection! bit.ly/2IrOjk7 #UAlberta
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Now Hiring! 📣 #UAlbertaMuseums are looking for Gallery Attendants to help us operate an upcoming exhibition in early 2024. Interested? Details: bit.ly/2HqU2pC #UAlberta

Now Hiring! 📣 

#UAlbertaMuseums are looking for Gallery Attendants to help us operate an upcoming exhibition in early 2024. 

Interested? Details: bit.ly/2HqU2pC #UAlberta
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Discover public art on the University of Alberta campus through this virtual reality tour! 🎨 Explore and learn more about these works of art: bit.ly/3odFleC #UAlbertaMuseums 📸: "West and North" Norman Yates; 1993.6: bit.ly/2XLUKaR

Discover public art on the <a href="/UAlberta/">University of Alberta</a> campus through this virtual reality tour! 🎨 

Explore and learn more about these works of art: bit.ly/3odFleC  #UAlbertaMuseums 

📸: "West and North" Norman Yates; 1993.6: bit.ly/2XLUKaR
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What species is the closest living relative to elephants? 🐘 The Museum of Zoology's Mammalogy Collection helps us understand evolutionary divergence amongst mammal species. Take the Rowan Lab virtual tour to find out! bit.ly/2r7gvyT #UAlbertaMuseums

What species is the closest living relative to elephants? 🐘 

The Museum of Zoology's Mammalogy Collection helps us understand evolutionary divergence amongst mammal species. 

Take the Rowan Lab virtual tour to find out! bit.ly/2r7gvyT #UAlbertaMuseums
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#DYK: Ammolite are gemstones partially composed from fossilized shells of extinct marine ammonite species? They are prized for their distinct iridescent colour properties ✨ Learn more in "Minerals of Alberta" - bit.ly/3jHtOzv #UAlbertaMuseums

#DYK: Ammolite are gemstones partially composed from fossilized shells of extinct marine ammonite species? They are prized for their distinct iridescent colour properties ✨

Learn more in "Minerals of Alberta" -  bit.ly/3jHtOzv 

#UAlbertaMuseums
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More than half-a-MILLION #UAlbertaMuseums object records are available online.😱 Discover the #UAlbertaMuseums Search Site and learn something new today! bit.ly/2E3iZUU #UAlberta

More than half-a-MILLION #UAlbertaMuseums object records are available online.😱 

Discover the #UAlbertaMuseums Search Site and learn something new today! bit.ly/2E3iZUU 

#UAlberta
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#DYK: The Bruderheim meteorite is one of the largest recovered meteorites in Canadian history? It fell on the town of Bruderheim, AB in March 1960. ☄️ Uncover more in the #UAlbertaMuseums Meteorite Collection: bit.ly/3x79VZ4 #UAlberta

#DYK: The Bruderheim meteorite is one of the largest recovered meteorites in Canadian history? It fell on the town of Bruderheim, AB in March 1960.  ☄️

Uncover more in the #UAlbertaMuseums Meteorite Collection: bit.ly/3x79VZ4  #UAlberta
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Founded in 1912, the Vascular Plant Herbarium holds more than 120,000 specimens dating from 1835 to the present. 🌳 Learn more about this #UAlbertaMuseums collection! bit.ly/2KwWsBU #UAlberta

Founded in 1912, the Vascular Plant Herbarium holds more than 120,000 specimens dating from 1835 to the present. 🌳

Learn more about this #UAlbertaMuseums collection! bit.ly/2KwWsBU #UAlberta
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Work with the #UAlbertaMuseums!💡 Now hiring a Museums Curatorial Assistant - posting closes soon (November 17, 2023) Details: bit.ly/2HqU2pC #UAlberta #MuseumJobs

Work with the #UAlbertaMuseums!💡

Now hiring a Museums Curatorial Assistant - posting closes soon (November 17, 2023)

Details: bit.ly/2HqU2pC

#UAlberta #MuseumJobs
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#DYK: In 1977, tens of thousands of fossils were discovered at the Joffre Bridge site near Red Deer, AB? These fossils have provided extraordinary information about prehistoric plant life in the area! Uncover Joffre site fossils: bit.ly/2G7p32Z #UAlbertaMuseum

#DYK: In 1977, tens of thousands of fossils were discovered at the Joffre Bridge site near Red Deer, AB? 

These fossils have provided extraordinary information about prehistoric plant life in the area! 

Uncover Joffre site fossils: bit.ly/2G7p32Z #UAlbertaMuseum
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Alberta’s Jurassic fossils are primarily from marine and coastal environments. Learn more about the fossil this this period and others in the Paleontology Museum Virtual Tour! bit.ly/3gAaXXR 🦖 #FossilFriday #UAlbertaMuseums #UAlberta

Alberta’s Jurassic fossils are primarily from marine and coastal environments. 

Learn more about the fossil this this period and others in the Paleontology Museum Virtual Tour! bit.ly/3gAaXXR 🦖 

 #FossilFriday #UAlbertaMuseums #UAlberta
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Discover the new UAlberta Human Ecology exhibition "Woven Identities: Ghanaian and Guatemalan Textiles in the Face of Globalization" Learn how the people of Ghana and Guatemala have long expressed themselves proudly through a similar medium: textiles. Details: bit.ly/2wiUfqq🧵

Discover the new <a href="/UAlbertaHECOL/">UAlberta Human Ecology</a> exhibition "Woven Identities: Ghanaian and Guatemalan Textiles in the Face of Globalization"

Learn how the people of Ghana and Guatemala have long expressed themselves proudly through a similar medium: textiles.

Details: bit.ly/2wiUfqq🧵
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Now Hiring! 📣 #UAlbertaMuseums are looking for Gallery Attendants to help us operate an upcoming exhibition in early 2024. Interested? Details: bit.ly/2HqU2pC #UAlberta

Now Hiring! 📣 

#UAlbertaMuseums are looking for Gallery Attendants to help us operate an upcoming exhibition in early 2024. 

Interested? Details: bit.ly/2HqU2pC #UAlberta
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The Dentistry Museum Collection contains objects that come from the early teaching of dentistry at #UAlberta and the early history of the dental profession in Alberta. 🦷 Learn more about this #UAlbertaMuseum collection: bit.ly/2Hi9i8g

The Dentistry Museum Collection contains objects that come from the early teaching of dentistry at #UAlberta and the early history of the dental profession in Alberta. 🦷

Learn more about this #UAlbertaMuseum collection: bit.ly/2Hi9i8g
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The Invertebrate Paleontology Collection in UofA EAS Department provides a comprehensive record of marine life through time. 🕰️ Learn more about this #UAlbertaMuseums collection: bit.ly/2FUtit3 #UAlberta

The Invertebrate Paleontology Collection in <a href="/UofA_EAS/">UofA EAS Department</a> provides a comprehensive record of marine life through time. 🕰️ 

Learn more about this #UAlbertaMuseums collection: bit.ly/2FUtit3 #UAlberta
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The Renewable Resources Natural History Collection contains specimens representing the full spectrum of animal life from worms to birds and mammals.🐛 Learn more about this #UAlbertaMuseums collection: bit.ly/2qjdOtg #UAlberta

The Renewable Resources Natural History Collection contains specimens representing the full spectrum of animal life from worms to birds and mammals.🐛 

Learn more about this #UAlbertaMuseums collection: bit.ly/2qjdOtg #UAlberta
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Unwrap packages in the University of Alberta’s Dino Lab in UAlbertaScience with us! 📦 Watch as we see what is inside these 101 year-old packages: bit.ly/3ueCUdE 🎥 #UAlbertaMuseums #FossilFriday

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Closing this Week! 📣 #UAlbertaMuseums are looking for Gallery Attendants to help us operate an upcoming exhibition in early 2024. Interested? Details: bit.ly/2HqU2pC #UAlberta

Closing this Week! 📣 

#UAlbertaMuseums are looking for Gallery Attendants to help us operate an upcoming exhibition in early 2024. 

Interested? Details: bit.ly/2HqU2pC #UAlberta
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#DYK: In Alberta, there are 26 native orchid species? 🌸 The Calypso orchid is one type, known for its slipper-like flower, diminutive stature, and sweet fragrance. Explore more Alberta orchids: bit.ly/3anvNVn #UAlbertaMuseums #UAlberta

#DYK: In Alberta, there are 26 native orchid species? 🌸 

The Calypso orchid is one type, known for its slipper-like flower, diminutive stature, and sweet fragrance. 

Explore more Alberta orchids: bit.ly/3anvNVn #UAlbertaMuseums #UAlberta
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#DYK: 25 of the 30 #UAlbertaMuseums collections and their object records are now available online? 🖥️ Check it out today: bit.ly/2E3iZUU #UAlberta

#DYK: 25 of the 30 #UAlbertaMuseums collections and their object records are now available online? 🖥️ 

Check it out today: bit.ly/2E3iZUU #UAlberta