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MUSEUMS
"Surviving: The Body of Evidence" Opened at the University of Pennsylvania Museum
New National Science Foundation funded traveling exhibition focuses on the process of human evolution and its outcomes
"Surviving: The Body of Evidence", a new, interactive exhibition that explores the process of evolution and its profound impact on humans, opened April 19, 2008, at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia and will run through May 3, 2009, before beginning a multi-city, national tour. The innovative exhibition, three years in the planning, was made possible in large part by a nearly $2 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation, with additional support from individual, corporate and foundation donors.
The opening of "Surviving: The Body of Evidence" on Saturday, April 19, kicked off a full Year of Evolution of public programming at the University of Pennsylvania and in the city of Philadelphia (see www.yearofevolution.org).
In "Surviving", visitors have an opportunity to engage with a variety of multi-media programs, as well as view, and touch, more than 100 casts of fossil bones from the primate and human evolutionary records, in a rich exploration of physical anthropology and its relationship to evolutionary science. Interactive activities throughout the exhibition enhance a focused examination of the human body in the context of its evolutionary strengths and limitations, while large-screen technologies help give life to complex topics.
So far, the exhibit will also travel to:
- The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, June 7, 2009 – August 30, 2009
- The Health Museum, Houston, Texas, February 14, 2010 – May 9, 2010
Visit the "Surviving: The Body of Evidence" Web site: http://www.survivingexhibit.org/.
Credit: Lauren Hansen-Flaschen
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