The Seashell Collector
A Keepsake Box for Your Treasures from the Sea
This beautiful keepsake box set is the perfect gift for every beachcomber and shell lover. Inside, you'll find adjustable emovable dividers to help store and display your treasures; 15 postcards showcasing different shells; a 64-page journal; and an accordion-style booklet with stunning illustrations from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection on one side and an expert overview of conchology and shell types on the other.
Ilya Tëmkin is a biologist specializing in mollusks and general evolutionary theory. Currently, Dr. Temkin is an assistant professor at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) and a Research Associate at the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. Since the Museum was founded in 1869, its collections have grown to include approximately 33 million specimens and artifacts. With 45 permanent exhibition halls, including the Rose Center for Earth and Space, the Hayden Planetarium, and the iconic Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals, there is plenty to experience. The Museum also produces temporary exhibitions, ranging from Extreme Mammals to Einstein and Darwin to Creatures of Light, with recent exhibitions on poison and pterosaurs. The American Museum of Natural History is the only PhD degree-granting museum in the Western Hemisphere, conferring a doctorate in Comparative Biology.
