Smithsonian Museum Day Live! RTPI March 12
The Roger Tory Peterson Institute is hosting a showcase of ‘female environmental stewards’ for the Smithsonian Museum Day Live on Saturday, March 12th from 10am to 4pm. Visitors can download free passes to RTPI for that day by creating an account at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/?no-ist This initiative is focused on girls and women in the fields of Environmental Science and Conservation in celebration of Women’s History Month. We have invited several female environmental science professionals and students to share information and personal experiences with visitors. Please stop in...
Read MoreFrom Field to Frame Concludes
This is the final week to see From Field to Frame by Michael DiGiorgio at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History in Jamestown, New York as the exhibition ends on Thursday, February 25. We are back to our regular hours and hope that you stop in at RTPI today, tomorrow or Thursday. This will also be the last time to purchase limited edition prints by Michael DiGiorgio in our nature store. Many original works by Roger Tory Peterson are also hanging on our walls right now for you to enjoy. See more information on this tremendous exhibition here before it leaves us! And see you...
Read MoreFrom Field to Frame Continues
Come visit the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History in Jamestown, New York this weekend to see the artwork of Michael DiGiorgio in our continuing exhibition, From Field to Frame, featuring original bird paintings by the artist. On the advice of his friend and mentor, the late Don Eckelberry, DiGiorgio has been painting and sketching birds from life since early in his career. He has traveled to the British Isles, West Indies and South America to sketch and paint tropical bird and plant life. He has also traveled throughout the United States recording American birds. He won the...
Read MoreNational Bird Day
National Bird Day, you say? Don’t forget you can come on inside and enjoy some of the birds on our walls! Come visit the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History in Jamestown, New York to see the artwork of Michael DiGiorgio in our ongoing exhibition, From Field to Frame, featuring original bird paintings by the artist. Here we have The Fog is Rising, a spectacular piece showing the gorgeous Atlantic Puffin. See more about From Field to Frame here.
Read MoreFrom Frame to Field Continues
While things turn brown and become a little quieter outdoors be sure to spend a bit of time indoors with us. Come visit the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History in Jamestown, New York to see the artwork of Michael DiGiorgio in our new exhibition, From Field to Frame, featuring original bird paintings by the artist. On the advice of his friend and mentor, the late Don Eckelberry, DiGiorgio has been painting and sketching birds from life since early in his career. He has traveled to the British Isles, West Indies and South America to sketch and paint tropical bird and plant life....
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