Seeking the Unknown, introduction

03/18/13 • 3 min

The exhibition Seeking the Unknown: Natural History Observations in Louisiana,1698—1840 presents objects that provide a broad historical background for the study of Louisiana’s natural history—from taxidermied animals, specimens in jars, and pressed plants to lavishly illustrated folios. Exhibition curators Gilles-Antoine Langlois and John H. Lawrence present some thoughts on the reasons for staging the exhibition.

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Seeking the Unknown, part 1

In this segment personalities and motives of the official and unofficial botanists and other naturalists are discussed by the curators. The exhibition Seeking the Unknown: Natural History Observations in Louisiana, 1698—1840 presents objects that provide a broad historical background for the study of Louisiana’s natural history—from taxidermied animals, specimens in jars, and pressed plants to lavishly illustrated folios.