Hi!
For a great road trip.... If you'd like to see how both a large zoo and
a much smaller one approach regional environments, try the Audobon(sp.?)
Zoo in New Orleans and then go the the middle part of the state to the
Alexandria (LA) Zoo.  Les Whitt is the Zoo Director - wonderful
experience!!!!  and then, while you're down here in southern climes, fly
into Harlingen and drive to Brownsville TX to the Gladys Porter Zoo.
(and if you'd like a local guide, I'm at the museum about 2 minutes from
Valley International Airport, (the Harlingen airport). We'll look
forward to havig you in our neighborhood!
Linn
Eugene Dillenburg wrote:
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> The Shedd Aquarium is planning a serious of new exhibits on regional habitats.  As part of the research and development process, we are planning to send our designers, exhibit developers, and lead aquarists to the regions of the world our exhibits will cover, so they may experience the environments first-hand.
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> I'd like to hear from any other institutions -- museums as well as zoos and aquaria -- which have sponsored similar trips for exhibit teams.  If your institution has done this, or if you know of an institution that has, please let me know.  Thanks!
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> Eugene Dillenburg
> John G. Shedd Aquarium
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