Hello, we have some African musical instruments made of elephant ivory (from pre-1970) that we will be showing in an upcoming musical instrument exhibit called "Amazing Horns, Bridging Continents, Bridging Time." (Opens June of this year). We intend to raise elephant conservation issues in the wall label for the instrument. I would also welcome some resource ideas if we were to go further and create links via QR code, or such.
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Olivia Lahs-Gonzales
Director
The Sheldon Art Galleries
Saint Louis MO
Original Message:
Sent: 03-11-2016 09:19 AM
From: Cheryl Braunstein
Subject: Art museum using ivory to connect to elephant conservation?
I am looking for someone from an art museum who could speak to exhibit interpretation and/or education programs that use ivory in museum collections to engage visitors in elephant conservation. I am planning on submitting a conference proposal around the idea of how art, science and history can come together to address the crisis in biodiversity loss from wildlife trafficking. Any interested participant(s) would need to be able to attend a conference in San Diego in the fall and make his or her own travel arrangements. (Daily conference registration is usually complimentary for speakers who are not planning on attending the full conference.) Please contact me directly at
braunsteinc@si.edu if you are interested in participating in this proposal.
Cheryl Braunstein
Manager, Exhibit Planning and Development
Office of Public Engagement
National Zoological Park
Smithsonian Institution
MRC 5517, Washington, DC 20013-7012
(o) 202-633-3297