Table 1 Classification of fossil horse exhibits and museums included in the study
From: Fossil Horses, Orthogenesis, and Communicating Evolution in Museums
Museum | State | Number of displays | Pattern of depiction | Yearly attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
University of Nebraska State Museum | NE | 1 | O | 86,182 |
Field Museum of Natural History | IL | 2 | O | 1,212,475 |
Harvard Museum of Natural History | MA | 1 | O | 150,000 |
U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | DC | 1 | O | 5,542,000 |
Darwin (traveling exhibita) | N/A | 2 | O | N/A |
Amherst College, Beneski Museum of Natural History | MA | 1 | O | 25,000 |
Kansas University Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center | KS | 2 | O | 46,000 |
American Museum of Natural History | NY | 1 | O | 4,000,000 |
Carnegie Museum of Natural History | PA | 1 | PO | 497,000 |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | CA | 1 | PO | 650,000 |
Peabody Museum of Natural History | CT | 4 | PO | 145,000 |
International Museum of the Horse | KY | 2 | M | 200,000 |
University of Michigan Museum of Natural History | MI | 2 | M | 7,000 |
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History | OR | 4 | M | 200,000 |
University of California Museum of Paleontology-Berkeley | CA | 2 | M | b |
Florida Museum of Natural History | FL | 3 | PB | 275,000 |
Denver Museum of Nature and Science | CO | 1 | PB | 1,252,300 |
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | CA | 1 | PB | 110,000 |
The Horse (traveling exhibita) | N/A | 1 | B | N/A |
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum | TX | 3 | B | 75,000 |
Total summed yearly attendance | 14,472,957 | |||