Past Events / Exhibitions - 2008July 18, 2008 to September 12, 2008Interior Museum Opens Photography Exhibition,
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of the Interior Museum will open the exhibit Coral Reefs: Imperiled Habitats of the Sea on Jan. 18, 2008. This exhibit, which includes stunning photographs of coral reefs in U.S. waters, is free and open to the public.
To bring the world’s the attention to these beautiful living habitats, 2008 is designated International Year of the Reef. Coral reefs are communities formed by millions of tiny coral animals over thousands of years. Although they provide habitat to one-third of all ocean species, almost two-thirds of all existing coral reefs are being destroyed or are threatened. The Department of the Interior, along with the Department of Commerce, co-chairs the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force that was established by Presidential Executive Order 13089 “to preserve and protect the biodiversity, health, heritage, and social and economic value of U.S. coral reef ecosystems and the marine environment” in the waters of the United States and internationally. more
November 13, 2007 marks the Twenty-fifth anniversary of the ground breaking for construction of the Vietnam Wall. While controversy swirled around the monument in 1982, today over 3 million visitors a year come to pay their respects to those who gave their lives for their country in Vietnam. Each day offerings are left to the fallen and each day these personal and special objects are collected as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection and cared for by the National Park Service. The Interior Museum will be working with the National Park Service to commemorate this anniversary by illustrating the difficult process which was undertaken to create the memorial and by sharing many of the objects left by the public for the soldiers taken by the Vietnam War.
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Last Updated on 09/12/08