Brand New Exhibit opening at the Lloyd Library and Museum!This is the centenary celebration year of the death of Joseph Dalton Hooker, famed 19th century botanist and explorer of India and the Himalayas, son of William Jackson Hooker (another great botanist), friend and confidant of Charles Darwin, and Director of Kew Gardens in London. His contributions to botany are immense, especially in the area of rhododendron and orchid research, but in other areas as well. Find out, through the holdings of the Lloyd Library and Museum, what it takes to make a great botanist.
Exhibit Opening on October 8, 2011, 4-7 p.m., features a lecture by noted author and professor, Gene Kritsky, who will speak on the relationship between Charles Darwin and J. D. Hooker. Lecture starts at 4:30 p.m. followed by a reception.
Concurrent art exhibit by local and regional artists will feature works on the subjects of India, the Himalayas, and the Asian region.
PLUS - SAVE THE DATE! November 30, 2011, 7-9 p.m. Micahel A. Flannery, Associate Director of Historic Collections, University of Alabama, Birmingham, will deliver a presention, show a brief film, and answer questions about his new book, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life
Exhibit Dates: October 8 - December 30, 2011
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