The Museum of Natural History is one of the most interesting
museums at the University of Kansas. The museum opened in 1903, and its first
exhibit was L. L. Dyche’s collection of stuffed animals. Today, the museum has
over 130 exhibits on four floors. The first thing visitors see
from the museum’s main entrance on the fourth floor is a very large display
called a panorama. This exhibit of North American plants and animals was L. L.
Dyche’s collection. Down one floor is a large collection of fossils found in the
Kansas area. On the fifth floor, visitors can learn about North American
Indians. Going up one more floor, visitors can see a working beehive, live
snakes, stuffed fish and birds, and many other displays of Kansas plants and
animals. The first exhibits in the museum are (46)
. Nowadays, there are more than (47)
on the four floors. The first exhibit visitors could
see is called (48) . On the fifth floor,
visitors may get the knowledge about (49) .
Snacks and stuffed fish and birds are displayed on (50)
floor.