A group of children started the national museum’s fourth annual taxidermy summer camp.Taxidermy is the act of mounting or reproducing dead animals for display.Elford Liverpool, Administrator (ag) of the museum, said that the summer camp is being conducted in two phases. The current camp will last until July 23,Sale NFL Jerseys, while the second camp will run from July 26- August 6.Liverpool explained that the short course is intended to teach the juniors about the role of museums.He said, too,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, that the children will be taught about biodiversity and environmental issues. In addition,Wholesale NFL Jerseys 2018, they will be taught simple museum techniques to preserve dead animals and will actually work on a project they can take home at the end of the camp.The national museum is making efforts to increase visitors, and a big success has been the introduction of Mega-T a replica of a Giant Ground Sloth. The replica which is an extrapolation of what the animal might have looked like,Cheap World Cup Jerseys, based on fossil remains and footprints, stands some 15 feet tall and weighs in at approximately three tons.“Before Mega-T, the museum seemed like a very desolate place. Over the past five months,Cheap Jerseys China, we have seen a tremendous increase in visitors,Nike NFL Jerseys China,” Liverpool stated.