Matternes created a mural of Ice Age Alaska as one of several for Smithsonian fossil halls. Victor R. Boswell, National Geographic magazine, March 1972 The book got its start back in 1989.
The display will start in a giant atrium at the museum’s entrance before being moved to the museum's existing fossil halls next year. The museum also confirmed the identity of the philanthropist ...
Her new book, Extinct Monsters to Deep Time: Conflict, Compromise, and the Making of Smithsonian’s Fossil Halls (Berghahn Books 2019) documents the planning process for the new "David H.