Conference Report NATHIST 2018

Natural History Museums in Time and Place Natural History Museums spearhead our understanding of the Universe. Times have changed. So too has our understanding of our place on Earth. In the conference it was time to address the present and examine our museums in time and place. For three days we gathered together to meet…

Isabelle Hayeur exhibition to see while at the 2017 conference

While you’re at the conference, we invite you to see an exhibition at the University of Pittsburgh, “A Part From Nature,” photographic works by Canadian artist, Isabelle Hayeur. It is displayed in the same gallery as “Shifting Ground: Landscapes from the UAG and Local Collections”. Both of these exhibitions resonate strongly with our topic of…

Musée de la Nature in Sion, Switzerland, Wins National Prize for Anthropocene Exhibition

The exhibition “Objectif Terre”: Vivre l’Anthropocène” (“Objective Earth”: Living the Anthropocene”) received the prestigious Prix Expo 2016, awarded by the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (SCNAT).