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Summer 2021 Programs for Kids
This list will be updated with more classes and programs as news becomes available. Nature Programs WILD Wednesday Kids Summer Nature SeriesEvery Week at 2:00 p.m. Explore the wonders of ...
Museum Galleries Closed On April 6th, 2021
On Tuesday, April 6th, 2021, the Audubon Museum will temporarily close its galleries to the public to allow museum staff to switch out artwork. Visitors will still be able to ...
Museum News: Easter Promotion
Starting on March 31st and running through Easter Sunday, the Audubon Museum Gift Store is offering a special Easter promotion. Any customer who spends $50 in the store may select ...
New Exhibit: A Fresh Perspective (May 14-August 8, 2021)
The 29th annual juried exhibit, A Fresh Perspective, is now on display in the Audubon Museum at John James Audubon State Park. This show runs May 14th through August 8th, ...
In a Field of Flowers
Fallow fields are transforming into pollination plots at Audubon Wetlands! Visitors to the wetlands may notice the front acreage is now full of blooms and fluttering insects thanks to long-thought-about ...
Object of the Week: Night Heron
John James Audubon (attributed to)French-American, 1785-1851Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, circa 1812Elizabeth Rankin Walmsley Collection, JJA.1940.57 This is a male, yellow-crowned night heron that we believe to be an example of John ...
Object of the Week: Copper Plate
Robert Havell, Jr.British, 1793-1878American Bittern Copper Plate, 1836Copper with nickel platingFriends of Audubon Collection, JJA.2007.4 This is an original etched copper plate with engraving and aquatint created by Robert Havell, ...
Object of the Week: Table Mat
Lucy Bakewell Audubon (attributed to)British-American, 1787-1874Table Mat, circa 1832-1833Kerstin Houger Collection, JJA.2014.2a This is a lamp mat thought to have been crocheted by Lucy Bakewell Audubon, wife of John James ...
Object of the Week: Portrait of ‘Miss Audubon’
John James Audubon (attributed to)French-American, 1785-1851Miss Audubon, circa 1820Oil on canvasFriends of Audubon State Park Collection, JJA.L.2016.1.1 This is a post-mortem painting of a little girl believed to be Lucy ...