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For millennia, birds have fascinated the minds of scientists around the world. Today, birds face growing challenges of climate change and habitat destruction, creating a need for new research and climate action planning. On November 10, the Linda Hall Library opens “Chained to the Sky: The Science of Birds, Past & Future,” a free three-part ornithology exhibition featuring rare books from the Library’s collection and items on loan from Chicago’s Field Museum that tells the story of ornithology throughout history and poses new questions about the future of our bird populations.
The West Gallery explores the history of ornithology, featuring rare books from the 16th through 19th centuries by Ulisse Aldrovandi, Francis Willughby, Mark Catesby, Alexander Wilson, John and Elizabeth Gould, Charles Darwin, and John James Audubon, among others. The “Chained to the Sky: The Science of Birds, Past & Future” exhibition will be open Nov. 10, 2023, through April 26, 2024. The exhibition is free and will be open Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST and 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. the second Saturday of each month at the Library, located at 5109 Cherry Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Parking is free in the Library parking lot. Phone: 816-363-4600 Indigenous Portraits Unbound: Reflections on iconic images of resilience. 11/28/2023 - 3/30/2024
Take a closer look at one of the most imposing, influential, and expensive books published in the United States before the Civil War, Thomas McKenney and James Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Published between 1837 and 1844, the book features 120 portraits of Indigenous people, mostly tribal leaders visiting Washington, DC, as part of official delegations to the federal government. In this exhibition, you can view the work as it is rarely seen, in its original form of publication: in twenty fascicles, large pamphlets intended to be dismantled and reassembled into more permanent bindings by their purchasers. While the fascicles were produced and distributed in a time of great upheaval, dispossession, and conflict for Indigenous peoples in the United States, many of the images they contain have remained a source of intertribal solidarity and pride. CURATOR : Will Hansen, Roger and Julie Baskes Vice President for Collections and Library Services, and Curator of Americana. HOURS Tuesday – Thursday, 10am – 7pm Friday and Saturday, 10am – 5pm Admission for Newberry exhibitions is free. No advance registration required. Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street Chicago,60610 (312) 943-9090 |
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