Chicago Museum Displays Rare Critters As Part Of 160th Anniversary
(CBS) -- Animals native to the Chicago area nearly 200 years ago will be on-display beginning Friday at an area museum.
A vault of rare species is being unlocked for public eyes -- briefly -- WBBM's Michele Fiore reports.
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's Dawn Roberts says they have drawers full of species collected as far back as the 1830s. The specimens include a long-tailed weasel, a striped skunk, a chipmunk and a fox.
Roberts says scientists have found the collection very useful.
The vault of rare species will only be on display through Saturday, in recognition of the museum's 160th birthday.
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