The Unknown Audubons: Mammals of North America (Exhibition)
Dates
- Existence: 2007 March 31 - 2009 January 15
Summary
Abstract:
Exhibition. Opened March 31, 2007 and closed January 15, 2009. Located in Section 12A, Floor in the Audubon Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. The Unknown Audubon: Mammals of North America featured more than 50 of the Museum’s rarely exhibited collection of original paintings, drawings, and prints of mammals by John James Audubon (1785-1851), and his sons John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862) and Victor Gifford Audubon (1809-1860) and placed Audubon's life and art in the context of protecting endangered ecosystems. The opening of the exhibition coincided with the renovation and re-opening of the Audubon Gallery after it had been closed to the public for decades.
Description
REFERENCES
(1) American Museum of Natural History. Annual Report. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 2007-2008.
(2) American Museum of Natural History. "The Unknown Audubons: Mammals of North America.” [2007] [brochure]
Places
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New York (N.Y.)
- Note: AMNH, Section 12A, Floor 4, in the Audubon Gallery
