The Muskie Archives is bringing out its copy of James Audubon’s Birds of America for display in the lobby of Ladd Library.
Audubon’s color-plate book The Birds of America (1827–1839), is widely acclaimed as among the best ornithological studies ever produced. “I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, ...
Discover the fascinating and controversial legacy of John James Audubon, the artist behind 'Birds of America' at this St. Pete MFA exhibit.
Audubon, in his seminal 1827 pictorial guide “The Birds of America,” painted a never-before-documented species of eagle — the “Bird of Washington” — that continues to draw controversy.
In collaboration with the National Museum of Scotland, the MFA team helped prepare several pieces for their inaugural public ...
The Iain Nicolson Audubon Center in Nebraska, at Rowe Sanctuary, is one of the best places in the entire country to witness ...
Audubon was also a gifted painter. His life’s work in the form of the classic book ‘Birds of America’ is an invaluable documentation of both extinct species and an entire world of imagination.
We heard clearly that our name must reflect what our organization is about — birds.” Audubon was born Jean-Jacques Rabin in Haiti, in April 1785, to a plantation owner — a French naval ...