Unseen Flowers of the Desert (Exhibition)

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Exist Dates

1978 November 16 - 1979 February 28

Biographical or Historical Note

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Exhibition. Opened in November 16, 1978 and closed February 28, 1979. Located on Floor 2 in the Akeley Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. "Unseen Flowers of the Desert" was a collection of color photographs by Robert I. Gilbreath.

Summary

"Unseen Flowers of the Desert" was a collection of color photographs by Robert I. Gilbreath. The exhibition provided viewers with a unique opportunity to discover the minuscule, rarely-seen flowers of the arid American West. Gilbreath's photographs of desert flowers were on view in the Akeley Gallery on the second floor of the American Museum of Natural History from November 16, 1978 through February 28, 1979.

Sources

    American Museum of Natural History Press Release, November 1, 1978. Departmental Records, 101; American Museum of Natural History Library Archives.
    New York Times, 5/24/78.
    Time, 6/3/78.

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American Museum of Natural History. Gallery 3.
Location of exhibition.

Written by: Roxanne Edwards
Last modified: 2018 December 14


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