Okavango: Africa’s Last Eden (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1996 August 2 - 1997 January 5

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened in August 2, 1996 and closed January 5, 1997. Located on Floor 2 in the Akeley Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. "Okavango: Africa's Last Eden" was an exhibition about the Okavango Delta, a vast wetland teeming with wildlife in the middle of the Kalahari Desert of northern Botswana photographed by wildlife photographer, Frans Lanting.

Summary

"Okavango: Africa's Last Eden" was an exhibition about the Okavango Delta, a vast wetland teeming with wildlife in the middle of the Kalahari Desert of northern Botswana photographed by wildlife photographer, Frans Lanting. On view were approximately thirty large-format color photographs of Okavango flora and fauna taken by Lanting. Niles Eldredge, curator, Department of Invertebrates, American Museum of Natural History, was the host curator for the exhibit. The exhibit was organized by the National Wildlife Art Museum (Jackson Hole, Wyoming) and was on view in the Akeley Gallery of the American Museum of Natural History from August 2, 1996 through January 5, 1997.

Individuals and institutions involved in the creation of the exhibition: National Wildlife Art Museum, Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Niles Eldredge; Frans Lanting.

Sources

American Museum of Natural History Press Release: Advance Schedule of Exhibitions and Programs, July 1996. Departmental Records, 101; American Museum of Natural History Library Archives.

American Museum of Natural History Press Release, July 1996. Departmental Records, 101; American Museum of Natural History Library Archives.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

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

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