Of Elephants & Roses: Encounters With French Natural History, 1790-1830 August 20, 2011

During the early 1800's, Paris was the center of life sciences in the Western world. This exhibit will feature various artworks and artifacts from that era, such as a mastodon tooth from the Paris Museum of Natural History and original watecolors by Pierre-Joseph Redoute, the "Raphael of flowers."