About
September 29, 2017
Project Managers:
Colleen O’Reilly, Department of the History of Art and Architecture
Aisling Quigley, School of Computing and Information
Past Events/Activities:
- Botany Hall blog posts on the Constellations website
- “Botany Hall Launch and Panel,” March 29, 2018
- “Botany Hall: Re-contextualizing Historical Dioramas from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH),”
Museum Computer Network Conference 2017, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - “Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Botany Hall: Visualizing Relationships with Nature,”
Exhibiting the Anthropocene I: Visitor Experiences and Global Change II,
2017 ICOM NATHIST Conference: The Anthropocene, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - “Consuming Nature: Landscapes through the lens of the Anthropocene” workshop, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh
- Botany Hall: Dioramas in Context, blog post on CMNH website
Student Collaborators:
Summer 2016: Kate Madison and Emily Enterline
Fall 2016: Eliza Wick, Bridget Lynch, Leslie Rose
We are grateful to the following individuals for their support:
Ana Rodríguez Castillo, History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh
Eric Dorfman, Director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural
Bonnie Isaac, Collection Manager, Section of Botany, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Alison Langmead, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Visual Media Workshop; Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences
Lulu Lippincott, Curator of Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum of Art
Nora Mattern, Visiting Assistant Professor at the School of Computing & Information and Postdoctoral Researcher, Digital Scholarship Services, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Cynthia Morton, former Curator of Botany, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Becca Shreckengast, Director of Exhibition Experience, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Alex Taylor, Assistant Professor and Academic Curator, History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh
Steve Tonsor, Director of Science and Research, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Erin Peters, Lecturer in the Department of History of Art and Architecture and Assistant Curator in the Carnegie Museums
Steve Rogers, Collection Manager, Birds, Amphibians & Reptiles, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
This project was made possible by:
Humanities Center, University of Pittsburgh
School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh
Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh
Cultural Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh
