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 Belted Kingfisher
Alexander Wilson
America c.1810
hand-colored engraving
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Alexander Wilson: Father of American Ornithology
October 8, 2010-January 2, 2011
At the Museum in the John and Peggy Maximus Gallery
Soon after his arrival from Scotland, Alexander Wilson, with few advantages and little else but a drive to better himself, fixed on the idea of producing the first comprehensive record of American birds. He recorded his impressions of America’s birds through drawings, prose and poetry, and in little more than seven years, published an important work of early American natural history.
Not an artist by training or talent his drawings have an honest and natural realism. Individual essays on 293 birds were accompanied by 76 hand colored plates. |
Organized by the Burke Museum of
Natural History and Culture in
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Coffee: The World in Your Cup
October 9, 2010–January 2, 2011
At the Museum in Luria Hall
Coffee: The World in Your Cup tells the story of one of the world’s most widely traded commodities and how it has affected cultures, economies, and environments across the globe. The exhibit also explores the physical effects of caffeine, the world’s most commonly-used drug, coffee’s early controversial reputation as a “revolutionary drink,” and the culture and global social impacts that surround coffee in the 21st century. Come learn more about this powerful glorious drink and how it shapes our world.
This exhibit is sponsored in part by:
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