Unnatural History: Colonial Collecting and the Politics of Display in Natural History Museums
Online Live Event * Please register.
$5
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This talk will point to the instabilities of collecting and collections from the eighteenth century to the present while offering hope for new, more inclusive ways forward.
Explore the ground below and world above with activities and presentations in art, science, and history. Learn something new and protect the only world we have.