Museum
Pacific Biological Laboratories
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Lee
November 15, 2018
PBL was a biological supply house that sold preserved animals and prepared specimen microscope slides, many of which were of maritime aquatic species, to schools, museums, and research institutions. The building, activities, and business were fictionalized as "Western Biological Laboratory" by John Steinbeck in his novel Cannery Row, as was a character based on one of its founders, Ed Ricketts. Museums throughout the United States contain specimens collected by Doc Ricketts, including the Field Museum in Chicago, the Smithsonian Institution, the California Academy of Sciences, the American Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University and the Museum of
PBL was a biological supply house that sold preserved animals and prepared specimen microscope slides, many of which were of maritime aquatic species, to schools, museums, and research institutions. The building, activities, and business were fictionalized as "Western Biological Laboratory" by John…
David And Kelly
March 4, 2017
Right next ti the aquarium. This is Doc rickett's laboratory. Are you a Steinbeck fan? You won't want to miss walking on the pathway next to the lab so you can see the bins in which Doc kept his animals.
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Location
800 Cannery Row
Monterey, CA