Educational Exhibit
Featuring the Western Monarch Butterfly
Our first educational display featuring the western monarch butterfly debuted in November 2021.
The monarch has migrated to the coast for the winter, and it’s a perfect time to learn why this 175-million-year-old species is now at risk of extinction and how you can help to ensure we all have a future with monarchs. Our multi-media, family-friendly exhibit features educational information about the environmental risks, the life history of the butterfly, and integrates local and regional culture with stories shared by the Coast Miwok Tribal Council and poetry by Lynn Axelrod. The original exhibit featured photography (and kites) by Carlos Porrata, and local artwork by Luis Mora and Birgit O’Connor, as well as kid-friendly activities. The latter items are not available for loan.
This exhibit is available to borrow.
Included in rental:
Educational items (most items are to be hung/displayed on walls), including posters (many of the posters are on foam core type board: Large poster of monarch migration map of North America (38.5 x 25.5 inches); poster of priority action zones for recovering western monarchs (31 x 24 inches); stand-up banner; 6 posters (24 x 18 inches) about population crisis, monarch image, quote by Mary Ellen Hannibal, monarch losses in California, and statement from Coast Miwok Tribal Council; 6 posters (15.5 x 22 inches) about monarch education; 2 posters (11 x 14 inches) about monarchs and milkweed in Marin; poster of poem Incarnata by Lynn Axelrod (18 x 12 inches); and poster (24 x 12 inches) right action, right place/how you can help. Additional educational materials are also included in the loan, such as EAC’s Marin Monarch Movement Report copy, monarch memorabilia, limited craft supplies, and books.
Email info@eacmarin.org to borrow this exhibit.
