Past Exhibits

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum hosts several special exhibitions every year, from breath-taking wildlife photography to artistic explorations of the natural world, inspired by the specimens in our collections.

Meteobotany – Bettina Matzkuhn

Meteobotany pairs drawings of cloud systems with embroidered plant life, in particular, lichens. Iterations go from digital satellite images, to

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Mathemalchemy

Welcome to the wonderland of Mathemalchemy, where math is transforming. Both art and math illuminate and describe our world, and

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Beneath the Emerald Green Waves

Explore the wonderland beneath the emerald green waves of the Pacific Northwest.

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Eelgrass, prairies under the sea

Explore the universe of eelgrass, real underwater prairies! Eelgrass is a marine plant (not a seaweed) that forms a habitat

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Drift: from the forest to the sea

Exhibition Contributors: Curator: Derek Tan Designer: Evan Craig Scientific Advisors: Bruce Archibald, Nicholas Bailly, Sheila Byers, Karen Golinski, Linda Jennings,

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Preventing Extinctions: Architecting the Accretocene

Island Conservation works to prevent extinctions on islands. They remove invasive species from fragile ecosystems to protect native biodiversity.

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Disrupting Wild Echoes

Consider the sensory knowledge and power of wild animals through provoking artwork.

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The Curious World of Seaweed

The exhibition aims to broaden the ideas of seaweed as both taxonomer’s and artist’s muse. Visit in-person or online!

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ReCollections

ReCollections October 1, 2020 – February 20, 2022 Museums are places of memory. In the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, every specimen

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Archive

The museum has welcomed many artists since we opened in 2010. Here is a collection of our early exhibitions.

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