Let's Talk Taxidermy, with Robert Marbury
Let's Talk Taxidermy, with Robert Marbury
Get into the Halloween spirit with Baltimore artist Robert Marbury, author of Taxidermy Art: A Rogue's Guide to the Work, the Culture, and How to Do It Yourself, as he presents a captivating visual talk on animal preservation. Discover the world of 19th-century taxidermy through the eyes of amateur taxidermist John W. Garrett and explore the fascinating evolution of this unique art form.
This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Leave No Trace: John Work Garrett in the American Outdoors, on view at Evergreen Museum & Library through June 8, 2025.
Tickets: $5-$7
About the Exhibition
John Work Garrett II (1872-1942) is best remembered today as a diplomat and book collector, who was a product of the privileged East Coast milieu in which he was raised. But in addition to his boyhood summers at Evergreen, his teenage travels in Europe and the Far East, and his university years at Princeton, Garrett’s character and imagination were formed by numerous excursions into the American West. Leave No Trace: John Work Garrett in the American Outdoors examines these formative experiences through archival photography, diary entries, fossils, artifacts, sculptures, and more, asking visitors to consider the idea of the American West from multiple perspectives and reflect on their own relationship to the great outdoors.
The exhibition is organized by Michelle Fitzgerald, Curator of Collections, JHU Museums.