Apr
09

Today in Smithsonian History: April 9, 1987

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April 9, 1987 “The Far Side of Science” opens at the National Museum of Natural History. The exhibition displays 500 of Gary Larson’s “Far Side” newspaper cartoons. Poking fun at a wide range of natural history topics–from evolution to prehistoric man–these works offer hilarious and insightful twists on both human behavior and the human view of the natural world.


Posted: 9 April 2019
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