The Science Cafe spends a night at the museum 5/28
Posted on | May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment
| May 28, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm |
On April 16, The Penn Museum kicked off the Year of Evolution the exhibit ““Surviving: The Body of Evidence.”
The exhibit’s co-curator, Janet Monge will be the guest at this month’s Penn Science Cafe, which will be held some time or another on May 28 at the Penn Museum.
The Penn Science Cafe Visits Surviving: The Body of Evidence.
Janet Monge, co-curator of the exhibition, will host a tour of the 4,100-square-foot, interactive exhibition that explores the most personal link we have to the impact of evolution– our own bodies.
The Penn Science Café lecture series, free and open to the public, takes science out of the laboratory and treats it to a night on the town. The Café is your chance to ask a leading expert your questions about science.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to Jordan Reese at jreese@pobox.upenn.edu
…however, they don’t mention the exact time.
I forgot to mention all of this last month when Monge appeared at the regular Penn Science Café talk at the MarBar (details below), but I have an excuse for being distracted…
For the first time in its 120-year history, Penn Museum will launch an ambitious exhibit on the topic of organic evolution. Co-curator of the central exhibit, “Surviving: The Body of Evidence,” is Dr. Janet Monge, associate professor in Penn’s Department of Anthropology. Dr. Monge will discuss the exhibit, evolutionary evidence and how Penn’s student community can become involved.
The Year of Evolution is funded by the largest exhibition grant ever awarded to the Penn Museum from the National Science Foundation. The 3,000-square-foot exhibition will explore the process and consequences of human evolution in the context of everyday life by using hands-on interactive devices, flexible exhibit designs with multimedia capabilities and interactive Web chats with an open community of scholars. Scheduled to premiere at the Penn Museum April 19, [the 126th anniversary of Darwin's death! -- Greg] it will then travel for three years to nine institutions, ultimately serving a national audience of several million viewers.
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