Editing University of Florida (section)

===Museums===
[[File:Flmnh entrance.JPG|thumb|[[Florida Museum of Natural History|Museum of Natural History]]]]
[[File:UF HarnMuseum.JPG|thumb|[[Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art|Harn Museum of Art]]]]
The [[Florida Museum of Natural History]], established in 1891, is one of the country's oldest natural history museums and was officially chartered by the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tripcart.com/usa-regions/Northeast-Florida-Panhandle/museums/Florida-Museum-of-Natural-History.html |title=Florida Museum of Natural History - Gainesville |website=TripCart |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405122031/http://www.tripcart.com/usa-regions/Northeast-Florida-Panhandle/museums/Florida-Museum-of-Natural-History.html |archive-date=April 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref> This facility is dedicated to understanding, preserving and interpreting biological diversity and cultural heritage. In over 100 years of operations, the Florida Museum of Natural History has been housed in several buildings, from the [[Seagle Building]] to facilities at Dickinson Hall, Powell Hall, and the Randell Research Center.

In 2000 the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity was opened after a generous donation from University of Florida benefactors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flaentsoc.org/mcguiredonation.html |title=McGuire Centers for Lepidoptera Research and Insect Conservation |website=Flaentsoc.org |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183512/http://www.flaentsoc.org/mcguiredonation.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The McGuire Center houses a collection of more than six million butterfly and moth specimens, making it one of the largest collections of [[Lepidoptera]] in the world, rivaling the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] in [[London]], England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=courtelis&URL=CH1013/Sec79.HTM |title=Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine |website=Leg.state.fl.us |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530003325/http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=courtelis&URL=CH1013%2FSec79.HTM |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art]], established in 1990, is also at the University of Florida on the southwest part of campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harn.ufl.edu/about/ |title=About Us - Harn Museum of Art |website=Harn.ufl.edu |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530001727/http://www.harn.ufl.edu/about/ |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This facility is one of the largest university art museums in the [[Southern United States|South]], the Harn has more than 7,000 works in its [[Collection (museum)|permanent collection]] and an array of temporary exhibitions. The museum's permanent collections focus on [[Asian art|Asian]], [[African art|African]], [[Modern art|modern]] and [[contemporary art]], as well as [[photography]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harn.ufl.edu/about/index.php |title=Info about the Harn Collection |website=Harn.ufl.edu |access-date=December 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609233128/http://www.harn.ufl.edu/about/index.php |archive-date=June 9, 2013}}</ref> The university sponsors educational programs at the museum including films, lectures, interactive activities, and school and family offerings. In October 2005 the Harn expanded by more than {{convert|18000|sqft|m2}} with the opening of the Mary Ann Harn Cofrin Pavilion, which includes new educational and meeting areas and the Camellia Court Cafe, the first eatery for visitors of the Cultural Plaza.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harn.ufl.edu/about/index.php |title=Harn Museum Info |website=Harn.ufl.edu |access-date=December 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609233128/http://www.harn.ufl.edu/about/index.php |archive-date=June 9, 2013}}</ref>