“We added to the exhibit in four key ways…”

Gold Fever keeps sweeping the state! The Imperial Valley Desert Museum in Ocotillo is currently hosting Gold Fever.  They have done a fantastic job adding to the exhibit.  In fact, in a recent blog post they succinctly outline there process. We added to the exhibit in four key ways 1)   highlighting facts and quotes in … Continue reading →

Creating the Safety Net

Did you know Exhibit Envoy offers exhibit tour management services? One of our latest projects is working with the Sisters of the Holy Family to travel an exhibit they developed that looks at the impact Catholic Sisters have had in California.  It is a fascinating history and a very real current mission for these Women … Continue reading →

Alice Piper’s legacy

From the road… Elaine Elinson, Author & Curator Alice Piper, a 15-year-old Paiute Indian girl, knocked on the door of the recently built Big Pine Grammar and High School seeking to register for classes.  She and six of her Indian friends were refused admission – denied enrollment because they were Indian.   So they headed to the … Continue reading →

… by the parachutes on the wind, each bearing a seed…

From Guest Science Blogger Dr. Donald J. McGraw A new traveling exhibition – Seeds: Nature’s Artful Engineering How did that seed get where it is?  What mechanism brought it to this place?  Those are questions we might, but rarely, ask ourselves upon finding a flowering plant seed that attracts our attention. Where there is a … Continue reading →

Get Keyed Up About Mushrooms

From Guest Science Blogger Dr. Donald J. McGraw A new traveling exhibition – Mushrooms: Keys to the Kingdom Fungi “Keys” to the Fungi suggests a tool used by taxonomists to classify organisms, but the ‘keys’ here are much more exciting as they help to ‘key us in’ to this kingdom of such fascinating diversity, utility, … Continue reading →

…the right bug must pollinate the right plant…

From Guest Science Blogger Dr. Donald J. McGraw A new traveling exhibition – Pollinators: Keeping Company with Flowers The bees are dying!  Does it matter?  A still mysterious and deadly disease, Colony Collapse Disorder, has taken the lives of millions of bees in North America and Europe in the past few years.  But, as it … Continue reading →