"Lucy" will be visiting Houston

The Chronicle's Eric Berger reports that "Lucy," the famous fossil, will be visiting Houston next year:

Rendering of Lucy
After four years of negotiations, officials with the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Ethiopia signed an agreement Tuesday finalizing details of a six-year U.S. tour beginning in September in Houston. Other confirmed cities include Washington, New York, Denver and Chicago.

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The bones have never been exhibited abroad, and normally rest outside of public view in an Ethiopian Natural History Museum vault.

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It is not known how much the Houston museum and others will pay Ethiopia for the right to exhibit Lucy's bones, which will be titled Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia.

This is an unbelievable coup for Houston.

BLOGVERSATION: Texas Yankee.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/25/06 09:09 PM | Print |

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