Smithsonian Open Access Program: Martha
To celebrate the Smithsonian Institution’s formal announcement of its Open Access program, which makes almost 3 million digital images and…
More Birds in Porcelain
Some more pairings of Boehm porcelain sculptures with mounted birds at the New Jersey State Museum
Another Passenger Pigeon in England
There are two passenger pigeons at Horniman Museum in London. This one is in Birmingham. Even better, the Birmingham Museums…
Two Passenger Pigeon Specimens in England
I recently stumbled upon two more passenger pigeon mounts I was unaware of. The Horninam Museum and Gardens in London,…
3D Passenger Pigeon from University of Victoria at Sketchfab
Passenger Pigeon specimen by UVic Libraries on Sketchfab
The Wagner Borrows a Passenger Pigeon
The Wagner Free Institute of Science in Philadelphia has many interesting things in its natural history collection, most still exhibited…
“quite a famously extinct species”
The Whanganui Regional Museum in New Zealand has three passenger pigeons in their collections, including this somewhat pale female donated…
Where Could You Buy a Passenger Pigeon in 1908?
In 1908 the New York State Museum purchased a passenger pigeon from Ward’s Natural Science Establishment in Rochester, NY (NYSM…