LA Natural History Museum's loan service

By at 2:23 pm Friday, Jun 6

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Eric of Ramshackle Solid wrote about the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Members' Loan Service.

[T]he museum offers a lending library from their collection, ranging from plexiglas encased stuffed bobcats to a canine tooth of a saber-toothed cat.

If I had run across the Black-throated Mango hummingbird at the museum, I might have walked right past in my haste to see the giant T-Rex skeleton. But at home, on my bookshelf, the exhibit receives the attention and respect it deserves.

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