Events

As we face the disruptive effects of anthropogenic climate change, Indigenous communities have taken a leading role in the grassroots movement to protect the environment for future generations. Kwel Hoy’: We Draw the Line introduces visitors to the values and concerns guiding Indigenous environmentalism, testifying to the resilience and courage of Native communities today.

Is the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences a museum, or a PR front for the fossil fuel industry? This is the central question of “Mining the HMNS”, an exhibition by The Natural History Museum that interrogates the symbiotic relationship between the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences and its corporate sponsors.

Our exhibition at the American Alliance of Museums annual convention examined the fossil fuel ecosystem, and traditional science museums as ideological habitats within this ecosystem.

The Natural History Museum designed a pop-up exhibition to function as a backdrop and stage set for The Foundry Theatre’s Dialogue Series, inspired by Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs.

The Natural History Museum had its grand opening and inaugural exhibition at the Queens Museum in September – October, 2014. It was timed to coincide with the People’s Climate March,