Field Trip: Audubon's Birds of America
Updated: Nov 19, 2024
Saturday, Dec. 7, 10:30 - 12:30
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Limit: 20 guests
Join Tampa Audubon for a docent-led tour to the Audubon's Birds of America Exhibit. The cost is $25/person.
For more information on the exhibit, click here. Pre-registration is required, and participation is limited. RSVP to trip leader Ann Paul at president@tampaaudubon.org
About the Exhibit
The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg is thrilled to bring Audubon’s Birds of America to St. Petersburg. Produced by National Museums Scotland, this exhibition celebrates the extraordinary legacy of John James Audubon (1785 –1851).
It tells the story of this iconic artist, naturalist, and ornithologist, as well as the evolution of one of the world’s rarest, largest, and possibly most coveted books, The Birds of America. The exhibition features over 40 of these splendid hand-colored prints, as well as additional illustrations, books, letters, photographs, and ephemera.
The majority of these delicate pieces have never been shown in public and have undergone years of conservation treatment in preparation for their inaugural display and tour.
