Darwin and the Evolution of a Theory

Exhibit - Multimedia | August 13 – December 22, 2009 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Bancroft Library, Bancroft Library Gallery (Room 278)

Sponsor: Bancroft Library

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "Origin of Species", The Bancroft Library has mounted an exhibition of rare books, manuscripts, images, scientific specimens, and other materials, drawing on the collections of the campus's libraries and museums.

The exhibition explores the formative influences on Darwin's thought, the books he read that gave him his early stimulation, Darwin's around-the-world voyage on the Beagle, his major ideas and works, and the reaction to the publication of the Origin. The exhibition brings together for the first time material from Bancroft, the Bioscience and Natural Resources Library, Museum of Paleontology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University and Jepson Herbaria, Essig Museum of Entomology, and the Hearst Museum of Anthropology.

For more information and illustrations, see the exhibition catalogue (PDF).

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Event Contact: dfarrell@library.berkeley.edu, 510-643-9498

(No event on these dates: September 07; November 11, 26, 27, 2009)