June 27 – September 18, 2009
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Darwin is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org), in collaboration with the Museum of Science, Boston; The Field Museum, Chicago; the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada; and the Natural History Museum, London, England.

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Great Lakes Science Center
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Exhibition News Releases
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Download the Darwin Premiere release here.

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Orchids. Orchids, like those with which Charles Darwin experimented to provide more evidence for natural selection, will be featured in Darwin, the most in-depth exhibition ever mounted on this highly original thinker, opening June 27 through September 19, 2009, at the Great Lakes Science Center. Photographer: Craig Chesek © American Museum of Natural History



Darwin Portrait. One of the last photographs taken of Charles Darwin, circa 1878. © From the Richard Milner Archive








Origin of Species book. An original 1859 edition of The Origin of Species is just one of the many personal items on display in this elaborate reproduction of Darwin’s study from Down House—one of the centerpiece attractions of Darwin, the most in-depth exhibition ever mounted on this highly original thinker. The exhibition opens June 27 through September 19, 2009, at the Great Lakes Science Center. © Denis Finnin, AMNH



Darwin’s study. An elaborate reproduction of Charles Darwin’s study from Down House is one of the centerpiece attractions of Darwin, the most in-depth exhibition ever mounted on this highly original thinker. The exhibition opens June 27 through September 19, 2009, at the Great Lakes Science Center. © Denis Finnin, AMNH



Darwin’s microscope. A replica of one of Darwin’s original microscopes is just one of the many personal items on display in this elaborate reproduction of Darwin’s study from Down House—one of the centerpiece attractions of Darwin, the most in-depth exhibition ever mounted on this highly original thinker. The exhibition opens June 27 through September 19, 2009, at the Great Lakes Science Center. © Denis Finnin, AMNH



Skull wall. A cladogram depicting the evolutionary relationships among groups of primates is featured in Darwin, the most in-depth exhibition ever mounted on this highly original thinker, June 27 through September 19, 2009, at the Great Lakes Science Center. © Denis Finnin, AMNH





Glyptodont skeleton. A cast of a fossil glyptodont, such as Darwin unearthed during his travels through South America, will be featured in Darwin, the most in-depth exhibition ever mounted on this highly original thinker, opening , June 27 through September 19, 2009, at the Great Lakes Science Center. © Denis Finnin, AMNH





Horse Evolution. Casts of Hyracotherium and Merychippus and an original Equus specimen, which represent stages in the evolutionary path to living horses, will be featured in Darwin, the most in-depth exhibition ever mounted on this highly original thinker. The exhibition opens June 27, 2009, and remains on display through September, 19, 2009 at the Great Lakes Science Center. © Denis Finnin, AMNH