Our special exhibits present unique and diverse perspectives on the changing world: its past, present, and possible futures.
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Domesticated: Modern Dioramas of Our New Natural History
Photographs by Amy Stein
Through April 18, 2010
In Domesticated, New York photographer Amy Stein explores the tenuous relationship between humans and other animals through staged scenes inspired by true events in rural Pennsylvania.
Stein was named one of the top fifteen emerging photographers in the world by American Photo magazine. Her work has exhibited at the ClampArt gallery, New York, NY; Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Pool Gallery, Berlin, Germany; and the Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. For more information see the press release.
Image credit: Amy Stein
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The Language of Color
Whether it’s the brilliant blue wings of a butterfly, the scarlet feathers of a tanager, or the stripes of a zebra, animals display color in vastly different ways and for different reasons. Combining dramatic specimens with video presentations, computer interactives, hands-on activities, and a stunning display of live dart frogs, The Language of Color will help visitors understand the nature of color and pattern, how different animals “see” it, and how animal color and its perception have co-evolved to produce the complex and diverse palette of colors we see in the world today. The exhibit features a wide array of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, and insect specimens that illustrate colors used to camouflage, startle predators, mimic other animals, attract a mate, or intimidate a rival.
Watch a tour of the new exhibit presented by Curator of Mammals at the Museum of Comparative Zoology and Professor of Biology at Harvard University, Hopi Hoekstra.
Read an article in the BBC featuring research conducted by Hopi Hoekstra's Laboratory at Harvard.
Image credit: Paul Bratescu/AnimalExplorer.com
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Climate Change: Our Global Experiment
Ongoing
Developed in collaboration with the Harvard University Center for the Environment Climate Change: Our Global Experiment will help you separate truth from spin and provide a basis for making informed decisions affecting the future of our planet. The exhibit offers an insider’s look at the scientific study of climate, presenting the latest research from renowned experts at Harvard and around the world. Get the facts, draw your own conclusions, then take part in a unique computer simulation that allows you to choose a course of action and see the consequences for the planet.
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