Historical Periods

• Six periods of natural history museum development according to Whitehead (1990).

  • Greco-Roman Period (to 400 A.D.).
  • Pre-Renaissance Period (400-1400).
  • Renaissance Period (1400-1600).
  • Pre-Linnaean Period (1600-1750).
  • Linnaean Period (1750-1850).
  • Modern Period (1850-present).

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