The Michigan State University Museum

M.S.U has a very fine museum filled with fascinating exhibits. Here are some flash pictures, concentrating on the classic natural history dioramas - a combination of taxidermy, preserved plant material, and sheer artistry - that are a mainstay of such museums across the country. With standard photography, you might be fooled into thinking you were loking at a real scene. With stereo photography, the position of the painted backdrop in the near background is obvious! Still, the photgraphs are fun and demonstrate the flash capability of the Van Ekeren twin digital camera.

Viewing Options. The easiest way to view these images is to simply parallel free-view them. However, if you haven't already done so, visit my Gallery Viewing page to see all the other options that are available.

As you come up the stairs to the second floor, a complete mounted African elephant skeleton is off the the right!

This diorama depicts the New World tropical rainforest. The thousants of hand-made leaves is a tribute to the artist and an amazing sight in stereo.

This diorama shows a typical Sonoran desert scene.

Here is a group of pronghorn antelope in a typical sagebrush setting from the norther Intermountain region.

A family of whitetail deer highlight this depiction of the eastern deciduous forest.

Elk like this can be found in upland montane conifer forests in the mountains of the American west.

No boreal forest/taiga scene would be complete without a resident moose!

A group of barren ground caribou grazing on the Arctic tundra.