Museum News BioMuseum for Panama City Te proposed whale museum will be in Picton
Fundraising starts for New Zealand’s whale museum
Artist prints have been released to raise funds for a proposed whale museum planned for Picton, New Zealand. The concept for the National Whale
Centre, which will eventually be housed in converted shipping containers looking over Picton’s coast, was launched last June. Marlborough District Council has
donated funding for the project’s con- cept development phase and will provide land for the attraction, which will detail New Zealand’s whaling history as well as current conservation efforts for whales and dolphins. New Zealand artist Dick Frizzell and poet Sam Hunt have collab- orated on the limited edition prints titled One for the Whales and other artists have also expressed interest in creating prints for the project. A total of 53 of the world’s 87 whale spe-
cies pass through New Zealand waters, and Kaikoura – less than two hours drive from Picton – is a popular whale watching site. The museum is expected to attract
domestic and international tourists to the area. Details:
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Pritzker Prize-winner architect Frank Gehry will make his Latin American debut in August with the opening of a new museum in Panama City. Located in the birth country of Canadian- born Gehry’s wife, Bertha, the new BioMuseo aims to educate about biodiversity and to raise awareness of the significance of the creation of the Isthmus of Panama. The museum is funded by the Amador
foundation with scientific support from the Smithsonian Institute and the University of Panama. Spanning 43,056sq ſt (4,000sq m), the building will feature eight permanent gal- leries designed by Toronto-based design firm Bruce Mau. Tere will also be a public atrium, temporary exhibition spaces, cafeteria, exte- rior exhibits and a botanical garden designed by landscape designer Edwina von Gal.
Te museum’s focus will be the Isthmus of Panama The galleries will cover subjects such as
formation of the Isthmus of Panama, local bio- diversity on land and sea, and 15,000 years of human culture. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=b5n7n
Museum of Mathematics opens in NY
The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath), the first of its kind in the US, has launched in New York. Spread across two floors and featuring more
than 30 interactive exhibits, the museum has been designed to enhance public understand- ing and perception of mathematics. It was developed over the past four years,
in response to the closing of the Goudreau Museum – a small museum dedicated to mathematics and located on Long Island. A working group first met in August 2008
to explore the creation of a museum of maths, one that would go well beyond the Goudreau, in both its scope and methodology.
Te museum was developed over four years Led by mathematician Glen Whitney, the
group discovered that there was no dedicated museum of mathematics in the US, while demand for hands-on maths programming was increasing. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=Z1u0l
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