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Illuminating Birds Opening Weekend
Start Date: 5/20/2023Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Date: 5/20/2023End Time: 5:00 PM

Event Description

Part gallery and part studio, Illuminating Birds celebrates the enduring appeal of drawing and writing about birds. Requiring prolonged observation and deep curiosity, drawing — in its ability to distill — contributes to creative insights and scientific understanding.

Experience avian artworks by Alexander Wilson, Elizabeth and John Gould, John James Audubon, Edward Lear and Louis Agassiz Fuertes from the Academy’s archives and collections, all documenting the beginnings of the scientific study of birds — and the complex cultural and historical aspects that they carry.

Examine colorful, early birding field guides and hand-painted magic lantern slides that demonstrate the role illustration played in popularizing birding and advancing the conservation movement.

All exhibits are included with the purchase of a general admission ticket.

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Location:
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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  • Everyone
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