Strecker Museum
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Updated: 14 Nov 2018
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Created byConnor Matheson
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January 31, 1940:
Baylor University Museum
renamed "The Strecker Museum."Periods
August 1941: Strecker curator
subdivides the collection into 14
unique categories, each with its
own representative sample of
objects on exhibit.1933-1944 Academic Year: President Neff merges the
Biology department with the Strecker Museum as part
of an initiative to make Baylor more efficient and
cost-effective as an institution and names
Cornelia Smith Director.Early June 1948:
Discovery of plesiosaur
provides enough leverage
and publicity to once again
establish the Stecker Museum's
importance to the Baylor and
Waco communities.
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