TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fortey,Richard A.
TI  - Dry storeroom no. 1: the secret life of the Natural History Museum
SN  - 0307263622
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Natural History Museum (London, England)
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-318) and index
N2  - In an elegant and illuminating narrative, Fortey acquaints the reader with the extraordinary people, meticulous research and driving passions that helped to create the timeless experiences of wonder that fill London's Natural History Museum. And with the museum's hallways and collection rooms providing a dazzling framework, Fortey offers an often eye-opening social history of the scientific accomplishments of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries.--From publisher description
ER  -