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Changing
Exhibits Gallery
The Museum
fosters a visual arts program in various forms. With the
completion of the Changing Exhibits Gallery in 1982, the Museum
embarked on a formalized program of temporary exhibitions each
year. The visual arts allow the expressive statements of a
human’s relationship to the natural environment. A unique
interrelationship exists between natural history and the arts.
The Museum strives to explore this connection through a changing
exhibit program that supports and complements the central
natural history theme of the Museum.
Changing
Exhibition Schedule
September 2007-December 2008
T. Rex
Named Sue
September 22, 2007-January 6, 2008
See Home
page for more information about Sue
It is in the nature of things: C'est dans la nature
de choses-
A collection by Allison McElroy
February
1- May 15, 2008
It is in
the nature of things, C'est dans la nature de choses, is
a collection of discoveries, experience, and existence. Objects
that were collected merely for their fragile beauty reveal upon
closer inspection their strength as well as a close kinship to
humankind. Scientific discovery has brought us the technological
wonder of the computer and the evolution of medicine to fight
disease. Over hundreds of years the same experiments have been
repeated to prove theories to be true. It is now time to use
this knowledge that scientist have equipped us with to help us
understand ourselves in relation to the universe.
"The all
important first step in our journey to the future is to do
things differently: in other words, to be creative. In the past,
new solutions almost always involved new knowledge. Tomorrow,
however, many solutions will arise when some creative person
links existing knowledge in new ways. This will require our
separate disciplines to mix more."
President
of the National Research Council of
Canada, Dr. A. J. Carty
Guy Coheleach Wildlife Art Exhibition
June
1, 2008- September 30, 2008
Guy Coheleach’s paintings have received
the Society of Animal Artist Award of Excellence an
unprecedented eight times. His work has been exhibited in the
National Collection of Fine Art, The White House, the Corcoran
Gallery, and the
Royal
Ontario Museum.
The exhibition consists of 35 original paintings. For more
information on this collection visit
www.guysart.com.
Ancient Microworlds: The Inner Beauty of Fossils
October
13-December 31, 2008
Ancient
Microworlds demonstrates how beautiful fossils are under
magnification. Giraude Foster, physician, biochemist, research
investigator and photographer has assembled 66 fascinating and
beautifully framed images of fossils. |
