Among the gadgets displayed are fowl examine skins on mortgage from the Field Museum, together with the extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Passenger Pigeon and Carolina Parakeet.
The Linda Hall Library proudly presents a free exhibition, Chained to the Sky: The Science of Birds, Past & Future. For millennia, birds have been deified, celebrated in artwork and track, hunted, mass-produced for meals and feathers, and for an awesome many, despatched to extinction. Chained to the Sky tells the story of the human relationship with the avian world, the threats birds face as we speak, and what we will do to guard them.
The three-part ornithology exhibition options uncommon books from the Linda Hall Library’s assortment and gadgets on mortgage from the Field Museum that can give guests one of the vital complete histories of ornithology assembled in North America.
THE STUDY OF BIRDS THROUGHOUT TIME
The excessive visibility and aesthetic attraction of birds have captured the human creativeness from historic occasions to as we speak. In this gallery, hint the historical past of ornithological research from early scientists and artists describing and classifying birds to as we speak’s biologists working in laboratories and within the discipline. The exhibition showcases birds misplaced to historical past, presenting extinct and almost extinct fowl examine skins on mortgage from the Field Museum, together with the extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Passenger Pigeon and Carolina Parakeet, in addition to the Snow Egret, almost hunted to extinction within the early twentieth century for its plumes within the millinery commerce.
AUDUBON AND DARWIN
The legacies of Charles Darwin and John James Audubon are reminders of the significance of learning and defending the pure world. In this gallery, discover the landmark works of Audubon and Darwin that proceed to encourage and inform our place within the pure world.
CONSERVATION AT HOME
Discover the threats dealing with birds as we speak and what science and the general public can do to guard them. In this gallery, study practical tricks to create bird-friendly habitats in your individual yard and discover how recent initiatives in Missouri have enhanced fowl conservation, such because the Brown-headed Nuthatch, which was just lately reintroduced within the Ozarks after turning into extinct within the state 100 years in the past.
In addition to the exhibition, Linda Hall Library’s 14-acre arboretum is an instance of fowl conservation methods in Kansas City. More than 20 distinctive fowl species could be discovered utilizing the arboretum for feeding and nesting. Visitors are inspired to spend time within the arboretum observing our native species utilizing the identical strategies pioneered by the likes of Darwin and Audubon.
The exhibition is free and is open by way of April 26, 2024, Monday – Friday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM and 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM the second Saturday of every month on the Library, positioned at 5109 Cherry Street in Kansas City, Missouri. For extra data, go to lindahall.org.
