MUSEUMS

    Of Elephants and Roses: Encounters with French Natural History, 1790–1830

    Of Elephants and Roses: Encounters with French Natural History, 1790–1830

    Presented by American Philosophical Society Museum at American Philosophical Society Museum

    March 25-December 31, 2011


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    Imagine yourself in Paris 200 years ago. You might have seen Empress Josephine’s famous black swans, a mastodon tooth sent by Thomas Jefferson to the Paris Muséum of Natural History, and original watercolors by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, known as the “Raphael of Flowers”.  These are among the objects that will be on view in this sumptuous exhibition about the science and art of French natural history from the 1789 Revolution to the July Monarchy of 1830—an era when Paris was the center of life sciences in the Western world, and Philadelphia, the center of science in North America.


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        American Philosophical Society Museum

        104 S. Fifth Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19106

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        Tickets:

        Free, $1 suggested donation

        Info Phone: 215-440-3442

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        March 25-December 31, 2011

        Times:

        Thursday-Sunday (until Labor Day), 10 am-4 pm
        Friday-Sunday (after Labor Day), 10 am-4 pm

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