(UN)Natural History The Museum Unveiled

September 12 through December 6, 2009
Richard Barnes\'s series of photographs Animal Logic examines the role the museum plays in our
understanding of ourselves through the acts of collecting, preservation, and display. Images
from this large body of work include photographs of the collections from the Smithsonian
Institution, the Museum of Comparative Anatomy in Paris, the Canadian Museum of Natural
History, and the San Francisco Academy of Science. (Un)Natural History focuses primarily on the
natural history museum and by extension collecting institutions in general, providing a kind of
behind-the-scenes look at museum practice and display.
This exhibition will coincide with the UM LSA Theme Semester Meaningful Objects: Museums and
the Academy. UMMA\'s presentation is projected to serve as part of a three-venue project
highlighting different aspects of Barnes\'s work in partnership with the UM Institute for the
Humanities-who have selected Richard Barnes as the Paula and Edwin Sidman... Click to view full event details
Museum of Art (Alumni Memorial Hall)