Museum Monday videos feature stories from the museum collection and the history of John James Audubon State Park. Join our curator, Heidi Taylor-Caudill, for a new Museum Monday video about the family effort behind the production of The Birds of America. Often overlooked are the contributions of John James Audubon’s wife, Lucy, and his two sons, Victor
Museum Monday videos feature stories from the museum collection and the history of John James Audubon State Park. Join our curator, Heidi Taylor-Caudill, for a new Museum Monday video about the printing of the original double-elephant edition of The Birds of America. Hear the story of John James Audubon and his search for a publisher for the
Museum Monday videos feature stories from the museum collection and the history of John James Audubon State Park. Join our curator, Heidi Taylor-Caudill, for a new Museum Monday video about Florence Audubon, John James Audubon’s granddaughter and a self-taught amateur artist in the late 19th century. Learn about Florence’s life and see our small collection of her
In our Object Spotlight series, we will take a closer look at the story behind an object from the collections of John James Audubon State Park Museum. One of the rarest books in our museum collection — volume one of the Bien edition of The Birds of America (1858-1860) — represents the financial downfall of
Museum Monday videos feature stories from the museum collection and the history of John James Audubon State Park. Join our curator, Heidi Taylor-Caudill, for a new Museum Monday video about the story of Henderson native Lida Williams’ 1938 portrait of John James Audubon. Questions? Contact Heidi at heidi.taylorcaudill@ky.gov or 270-826-2247 ext. 233. Transcript of Video: Welcome to Museum Monday
In the Audubon Story series, we will delve deeper into John James Audubon’s history to learn more about the people, places, and events that shaped his life’s course. After viewing the original double-elephant folio prints from The Birds of America in our museum galleries, visitors sometimes ask us, “where is Audubon’s signature?” We’re accustomed today
In our Object Spotlight series, we will take a closer look at the story behind an object from the collections of John James Audubon State Park Museum. On July 15, 1938, the John James Audubon Memorial Museum and State Park opened to the public. The citizens of Henderson, Kentucky, had looked forward to this moment
Museum Monday videos feature stories from the museum collection and the history of John James Audubon State Park. Join our curator, Heidi Taylor-Caudill, for a new Museum Monday video about John James Audubon’s small study of a ruby-throated hummingbird from 1821 in our museum collection. It is an example of Audubon’s early determination to succeed in producing
On April 26, 1785, a young woman named Jeanne Rabin gave birth to a baby boy on his father’s sugar plantation in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (today Haiti). This boy would have been considered a misbegotten child by the standards of Western society in the 18th century. His parents, a French chambermaid and a
Since 2008, most visitors to the museum and nature center at John James Audubon State Park have passed the American Bald Eagle statue when walking up the front steps. Created by Kentucky artist, Raymond Graf, it is one of 16 life-sized bronze sculptures based on illustrations in John James Audubon’s The Birds of America that